🔍 Same and Different

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Same & Different: Coordinate Comparison

Look at the two pictures. What do you notice?

A. shows 3 points on a coordinate grid. One point is (3, 2). Another point is (4, 2). The last point is (5, 2). B. shows 3 points on a coordinate grid. One point is (2, 3). Another point is (2, 4). The last point is (2, 5).

How are pictures A and B mathematically the same, and how are they different?
A and B are the same because …
A and B are different because …
Make a third picture that shows points on the coordinate grid. Explain how your picture is the same as pictures A and B, and how it is different.

An empty coordinate grid with both the x- and y- axis labeled from 0 to 6.

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