Distance on the Coordinate Plane Rational Numbers

The rectangle shown has coordinates (3, 2), (-2, 2), (-2, -1), (3, -1)
What is the length of the longest side of the rectangle?

• 4 units
• 5 units
  5 units
• 6 units
• 8 units

Points G, H, and I are plotted on the coordinate grid.  How many units are between points G and H?

• 9 units
• 14 units
• 13 units
• 12 units

Which of the coordinates given could be the fourth point used to form a rectangle?

• (3, -6)
• (-3, -6)
• (-6, 3)
• (4, -6)

What is length of the longest side of the rectangle?

• 2 units
• 15 units
• 14 units
• 8 units

What is the length of the shortest side of the rectangle?

• 3 units
• 4 units
• 9 units
• 2 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 place where the X and Y-axis meet

What strategy do we use to find the distance between two points?

• absolute value
• counting the distance
• subtracting integers
• adding integers

What coordinates would you use to find the distance between these two points?

• y-coordinates

• the first ordered pair

• x-coordinates

• the second ordered pair

What coordinates would you use to find the distance between these two points?

• y-coordinates
• the first ordered pair
• x-coordinates
• the second ordered pair

Find the distance between the two ordered pairs.

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 10