Absolute Value and Distance Between Points

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

How far from the x-axis is the point (4, -6)?

• -6 units

• 4 units

• -4 units

• 6 units

What is the distance between (-5, 3) and (-5, -3)? Would you add or subtract the absolute value of the x-coordinates?

• 6 units

• -6 units

• 0 units

When two points are in different quadrants and their x-coordinates are the same, to find the distance between the two points,

• subtract the absolute value of their y-coordinates.

• subtract the absolute value of their x-coordinates.

• add the absolute value of their y-coordinates.

• add the absolute value of their x-coordinates.

What is the distance between -1 and 10 on a number line?

• 11

• 17

• 2

• -11

How many spaces are there between points (2,3) and (2,7)?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

How many spaces are there between points (-8,6) and (2,6)?

• 8

• 9

• 10

• 11