Mathematics GCSE
four quadrants
What four quadrants means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of four quadrants
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Top right has both coordinates positive, top left has x negative and y positive, bottom left has both negative, and bottom right has x positive and y negative.
Topics that use four quadrants
- Algebra - Graphs (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- area under a graph
- Asymptote
- Asymptotes
- axis of symmetry
- completing the square
- coordinate plane
- Discriminant
- Displacement
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