Why are the quadrants in a coordinate plane numbered clounter clock wise?

Question

its a homework assignment, pleassse help!

Answer 1

By accident. One coordinate plane is usually the only one needed, since most problems are simple problems. When starting the creation of it, cartesian graph designers decided it was most natural to set the digits to the left, since we read from the left, and on the bottom, since it looks better than having all the graph bars and stuff all flying up in the air.

In the complete, four quadrant graph, since zero has to be in the middle of all four quadrants to center and balance all of the positive and the negative numbers in this picture, the only way to "map" it out so it agrees with clockwise motion, is to make positive values (of the "x" line) bigger as you go further left. Then, it would go clockwise, starting at the upper left with Quadrant 1 and going more negative into the right, with quadrant two. The reason why we don't do this is because it looks like it's going backwards. Bigger numbers, progress, and the future seem to make more sense when they're displayed coming from the left side first, "moving" towards the right. (Notice that when most people are told to "think about the future," they turn their head towards the upper right?) ...(Why did I answer this question? Man, I'm a dork...)

Answer 2

the MAN made it that way