Real World Coordinate Plane Problems

Adam plots the locations of the library, park, post office, and school on the coordinate plane. If the position of Adam’s home is (4, 7), which is closest to his home?

• post office

• park

• school

• library

Renee is at her school located at (1, 3). If the town decides to build a hospital 1 unit north and 4 units east of the school, what is the location of the hospital?

• (4, 5)

• (5, 2)

• (4, 4)

• (5, 4)

Renee is at her school located at (1, 3). Her class is going to walk to the Courthouse for a field trip. Where is the Courthouse located, and in what direction will Renee and her class need to travel to reach it?

• (5, 6); They need to travel 4 units east and 3 units north.

• (5, 6); They need to travel 3 units east and 4 units north.

• (6, 5); They need to travel 4 units east and 3 units north.

• (6, 5); They need to travel 3 units east and 4 units north.

Anthony is graphing a rectangle on the coordinate plane. He plots two of the points. Which set of ordered pairs would form a rectangle with the 2 points on the graph?

Select ALL that apply.

• (2,5) and (5,5)

• (2,2) and (5,2)

• (4,2) and (4,5)

• (2,0) and (5,0)

What is the ordered pair for point A?

• ( 2, 0)

• ( 0 , 2)

• (0, -2)

• (-2,0)

Julian moves into a house that is 12 kilometers west of Gio's house and 9 kilometers north of Nathan's house. Identify the location of Julian's new house.

What ordered pair represents the location of the hospital?

• (-8, 8)

• (-7, 8)

• (8, -8)

• (-6, 8)

Macey is plotting a square on the coordinate plane. She plots three of the four points needed to create a square.

Which ordered pair represents the missing point of Macey’s square?

• (1, 2)

• (6, 2)

• (6, 7)

• (7, 6)

Lasandra’s home is located at the origin of the graph. The ice cream shop is located at the point (7, 2), which is 7 blocks east and 2 blocks north of her home. The neighborhood pool is located at the point (2, 7). After swim practice at the pool, Lasandra and her team go to get ice cream. Which scenario describes the path Lasandra and her team need to take to get from the pool to the ice cream shop?

• 2 blocks east and 7 blocks north

• 5 blocks east and 5 blocks south

• 5 blocks east and 5 blocks north

• 7 blocks east and 2 blocks south

Maddie plots the points (2, 3) and (4, 7). What is another point that would fall on the line segment connecting these two points?

• (2, 4)

• (5, 3)

• (3, 5)

• (6, 10)