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Find the length of a horizontal or vertical segment from coordinates

Year 7 maths · Fieldbook Learning

Name ______________________ Date __________

Find the coordinate that changes between the two points. The length is the number of units between those two values.

  1. Point M is at (2, 1) and point N is at (2, 5). How long is segment MN?
  2. Point E is at (0, 0) and point F is at (4, 0). How long is segment EF?
  3. Segment RS has endpoints R(5, 1) and S(5, 2). Find its length in units.
  4. A line segment joins (3, 5) and (3, 2) on a coordinate grid. How many units long is it?
  5. Segment RS has endpoints R(2, 4) and S(4, 4). Find its length in units.
  6. A line segment joins (9, 6) and (0, 6) on a coordinate grid. How many units long is it?
  7. A line segment joins (8, 10) and (1, 10) on a coordinate grid. How many units long is it?
  8. A line segment joins (1, 9) and (1, 2) on a coordinate grid. How many units long is it?
  9. Segment PQ has endpoints P(−1, −3) and Q(−1, −7). Find its length in units.
  10. Point C is at (−7, −6) and point D is at (8, −6). How long is segment CD?
  11. Segment RS has endpoints R(−10, 1) and S(−10, −4). Find its length in units.
  12. Point P is at (−3, 8) and point Q is at (−3, 4). How long is segment PQ?
  13. A line segment joins (1, 5.5) and (1, −1) on a coordinate grid. How many units long is it?
  14. Point A is at (−7, −7) and point B is at (7, −7). How long is segment AB?
  15. Point C is at (−9, −5) and point D is at (−9, −10). How long is segment CD?
  16. A line segment joins (0.5, −3.5) and (0.5, 5) on a coordinate grid. How many units long is it?
  17. Segment RS has endpoints R(15.5, 14) and S(15.5, −4.5). Find its length in units.
  18. Segment MN has endpoints M(−4.5, 2) and N(18.5, 2). Find its length in units.
  19. A line segment joins (−20, −8) and (−20, 3) on a coordinate grid. How many units long is it?
  20. Segment MN has endpoints M(−0.5, 6.5) and N(−0.5, 19). Find its length in units.
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Answer key: Find the length of a horizontal or vertical segment from coordinates

  1. 4
  2. 4
  3. 1
  4. 3
  5. 2
  6. 9
  7. 7
  8. 7
  9. 4
  10. 15
  11. 5
  12. 4
  13. 6.5
  14. 14
  15. 5
  16. 8.5
  17. 18.5
  18. 23
  19. 11
  20. 12.5