City Grid Rescue Coordinate Mission

​City Grid Rescue: Coordinate Mission
in Integer City

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​ Mission Tasks:

​1. Plot each citizen’s location on the coordinate plane.
2. Plot the key locations in Integer City.
3. Identify the quadrant for each coordinate.
4. Calculate the distances from each citizen to a key location, using absolute value.
5. Determine the most efficient rescue order based on total travel distance.
6. Write a short rescue plan explaining your chosen path and reasoning.

​City Grid Rescue:
Coordinate Mission
in Integer City

Citizen and City Place Locations

»Hospital: (10, -7)
»School: (-9, -1)
»Power Plant: (10, 4)
»Fire Department: (6, 0)

»Julie: (-8,8)
»Christopher: (10, -4)
»Vanessa: (2, -7)
»Taye: (-5, -1)
»Alex: (6, 4)

»Police Station: (-10, 8)
»Apartment Complex: (-5, -7)
»Library: (2, -4)
»Park: (-2, 4)

Graphing

Graph each citizen's location:

»Julie: (-8,8)
»Christopher: (10, -4)
»Vanessa: (2, -7)
»Taye: (-5, -1)
»Alex: (6, 4)

Categorize

Options (5)

Alex

Julie

Taye

Vanessa

Christopher

Match the person with their quadrant location:

Quadrant I

Quadrant II

Quadrant III

Quadrant IV

Graphing

Graph Integer City's key locations:

»Hospital: (10, -7)
»School: (-9, -1)
»Power Plant: (10, 4)
»Fire Department: (6, 0)
»Police Station: (-10, 8)
»Apartment Complex: (-5, -7)
»Library: (2, -4)
»Park: (-2, 4)

Categorize

Options (7)

Power Plant

Police Station

Park

School

Apartment Complex

Library

Hospital

In Integer City, which quadrant is each place in?

Quadrant I

Quadrant II

Quadrant III

Quadrant IV

Drag and Drop

Where is the Fire Department located? ​ ​

Placeholder

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Quadrant I

Quadrant II

Quadrant III

Quadrant IV

X Axis

Y Axis

Drag and Drop

Taye is ​

Placeholder

units from the apartment complex.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

6

4

5

1

7

9

10

2

3

8

Drag and Drop

Vanessa is ​

Placeholder

units from the Hospital.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

4

5

1

7

8

9

10

2

3

6

Drag and Drop

Alex is ​

Placeholder

units from the Park.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

4

5

1

7

8

9

10

2

3

6

Drag and Drop

Julie is ​

Placeholder

units from the Police Station.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

2

4

5

1

7

9

10

3

6

8

Drag and Drop

Christopher is ​

Placeholder

units from the Power Plant.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

4

5

1

7

8

9

10

2

3

6

Open Ended

What order should you rescue the citizens in?

Write a short rescue plan explaining your chosen path for rescues and your reasoning.

Be sure to write in complete sentences and use proper punctuation and capitalization.