Finding the Distance Using Coordinate Planes

What is the distance between the following ordered pairs: (5, 6) and (5, 8) ~ Would you add or subtract the absolute value of the x-coordinates?

• 3 units

• 4 units

• 5 units

• 2 units

Find the distance between the following ordered pairs: (0, 6) and (0, -4) ~ Would you add or subtract the absolute value of the x-coordinates?

• 6 units

• 4 units

• 10 units

• 11 units

Find the distance between (-3, 4) and (-3, -8) ... Would you add or subtract the absolute value of the x-coordinates?

• 4 units

• 12 units

• 8 units

• 13 units

What is the distance between points (-7, 8) and (2, 8)? Would you add or subtract the absolute value of the x-coordinates?

• 4 units

• 5 units

• 3 units

• 9 units

What is the origin?

• A place in space where aliens live

• The four sections the coordinate plane is divided up into

• The X and Y axis

• The point where the x-axis and y-axis intersect.

Which of the following best describes the x-axis?

• Vertical Number Line

• Horizontal number line

Marco left school at (6, 4) on a coordinate map and walked to his house at (6, -6).  Each unit on the map represents 1 block.  How far did Marco walk?

• -2 blocks
• -10 blocks
• 10 blocks
• 2 blocks

What is the distance between (2, 4) and (2, 13)? Would you add or subtract the absolute value of the x-coordinates?

• 9 units

• 17 units

• -17 units

• -9 units

What is the distance between (2, -8) and (-3, -8)? Would you add or subtract the absolute value of the x-coordinates?

• -1 unit

• -5 units

• 1 unit

• 5 units

Find the distance between the points (-2, 6) and (7, 6). Would you add or subtract the absolute value of the x-coordinates?

• -5 units

• -9 units

• 5 units

• 9 units