6th Grade Math (Math 6) · Chapter 8 · Lesson 8.3 · Printable PDF

Horizontal and Vertical Distance Worksheet with Answer Key

8 problems on horizontal and vertical distance on a coordinate grid: lengths of segments between points, a warehouse floor plan, video game laser beams, a mistake with absolute values, a square, a fence, and a burrow. 2 pages, with a worked answer key.

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  1. Find the length of the segment joining each pair of points.
    (−5, 8) and (−5, −4)(6, −2) and (−9, −2)(−11, 4) and (−3, 4)(7, −10) and (7, −3)(0, 7) and (0, −6)
  2. Word problem: how far the forklift drives on the warehouse floor plan.
  3. Word problem: find the length of laser beams on a game screen.
  4. Find Isabel's mistake finding the length of a segment.
  5. Decide which points are exactly 7 units from (-2, -3) across or up and down.
  6. Find the other vertices of a square with perimeter 36 using one vertex.
  7. Word problem: use a fence around a wildflower patch on a nature reserve map.
  8. Word problem: use a prairie dog burrow drawn on a coordinate grid.

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