Question

When reading a grid reference number corresponding to a grid on a map, you read ______ the number first.

A. eastings
b.northings

Answer 1

Your answer is A. eastings
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Answer 2

Option: A is the correct answer.

A) Eastings.

Explanation:

In a map the grid is divided into the x-axis and y-axis of which the x-value is given on the east of the origin and the y-value is defined to the north of the origin.

When reading a grid reference number corresponding to a grid on a map, you read eastings the number first.

( since we are read a number as :

(x,y) where y is the value corresponding to the given x-value .

Hence, we read the x-value first which is defined on the east of a grid)