Review of the Coordinate Plane

This lecture series reviews the basic concepts related to graphing points on the Cartesian coordinate plane and associated terminology.

Distance between points: vertical or horizontal - Question

1. Plot the points (-3,-4)and (6,-4) on the coordinate plane below.

What is the distance between these two points?


2. Plot two points that are 6 units from Point B and also share the same y-coordinate as Point B.

3. Point M is located at (-6, 6).

What is located 5 units from point M?

Choose 1 answer:

A. Point A

B. Point B

C. Point C

D. Point D


4. Point S is located at (9,-3) . Point T is located at (4,-3).

What is the distance from point S to point T?


5. Plot the points (2,0) and  (2, -5) on the coordinate plane below.

What is the distance between these two points?


6. Plot two points that are 3 units from Point A and also share the same x-coordinate as Point A.


7. Point M is located at (9,0) .

What is located 4 units from point M?

Choose 1 answer:

A. Point A

B. Point B

C. Point C

D. Point D