Finding Distances on a Coordinate Plane

Plot the points

Draw a line

Find the midpoint

Calculate the slope

Go over 6 and down 2

Go over 2 and up 6

Go over 6 and up 2

Go over 2 and down 6

4

6

3

5

Draw a new grid

Use ordered pairs

Estimate the distance

Use a ruler

If neither X nor Y are the same

If the X coordinates are the same

If the Y coordinates are the same

If both X and Y are the same

Subtract the Y coordinates

Add the Y coordinates

Add the X coordinates

Subtract the X coordinates

9

5

0

7

Subtract the X coordinates

Add the X coordinates

Add the Y coordinates

Subtract the Y coordinates

9

8

7

6

Subtract the differences of X and Y

Divide the differences of X and Y

Add the differences of X and Y

Multiply the differences of X and Y