Distance on the Coordinate Plane Worksheet
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Distance on the Coordinate Plane Worksheet
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Directions
- Fill in each blank carefully.
- Circle or mark the best answer for each multiple-choice question.
- Match each prompt to the best option before writing your answer.
- Use the larger space to show your thinking on word problems.
1. To find distance between two points, students often build a right __ on the grid.
2. Which values become the legs of the triangle on a coordinate grid?
3. Match the coordinate move to the part of the triangle: change in x-values
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4. From (2, 1) to (6, 4), the horizontal change is __.
5. Why can students not find diagonal distance by only adding the changes in x and y?
6. If the horizontal change is 5 and the vertical change is 12, the distance is __.
7. The straight-line distance on a coordinate plane acts like the __ of the right triangle.
8. Why is the coordinate-plane application important?
📋 Teacher Answer Key
1. triangle
2. horizontal change and vertical change
3. horizontal leg
4. 4
5. The straight-line distance is the hypotenuse of a right triangle, so it must be found with the Pythagorean relationship instead of simple addition
6. 13
7. hypotenuse
8. It shows that geometry and algebra work together to measure distances that are not easy to count directly