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Worksheet directions

Grade 6 • Independent Practice • Work on your own. Show your calculations or reasoning where needed.

Sample questions

  1. Read the coordinates of A and B. Identify their quadrants and describe the sign pattern.
  2. Write the coordinates of A, B, C and D. Identify the quadrant containing each point.
  3. A is (−3, 2) and B is (4, 2). Find their distance in grid units. Explain how distances from the y-axis help.
  4. Plot A(1, -4) and B(1, 5). Find the vertical distance. Explain why their first coordinates must agree for this method.

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Common Core connections

Source labels: 6.NS.C.6b,c, 6.NS.C.8. Review the learning goals below to check the fit for your class.

  • 6.NS.C.8 — Solve coordinate-plane problems and find same-axis distances

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