Absolute Value and Distance Between Points

Mr. Clay decides to go surfing. Unfortunately, he doesn’t know what he is doing and now he is under water! He is 15 feet under the water! Ms. Fuhrman, an expect surfer, decides to go help him. Ms. Fuhrman is surfing a wave 10 feet above the surface of the water when she decides to go save Mr. Clay. How far from Mr. Clay is she when she decides to save him?

• 10 feet

• 15 feet

• 25 feet

• -25 feet

Find the distance between (-100, 2) and (100, 7)

• 5

• 200

• I can't!

Find the distance between (-2, 10) and (-5, 10)

• 2

• 7

• 3

• 5

Find the distance between the points (-6, 1) and (-6, -2). Would you add or subtract the absolute value of the x-coordinates?

• 3 units

• 1 unit

• -1 unit

• -3 units

What is the distance between (11, 16) and (11, -34)? Would you add or subtract the absolute value of the x-coordinates?

• 50 units

• 18 units

• -18 units

• -50 units

What is the distance between -8 and 10 on a number line?

• 17 units

• 13 units

• 18 units

• 3 units

What is the distance between 2 and 4 on a number line?

• 2 units

• 4 units

• 8 units

• 12 units

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