Distance formula worksheet for Algebra 1
Pythagoras with the legs read off the coordinates. Answers stay as exact square roots rather than rounded decimals, which is what a test expects.
Also taught in Geometry and Pre-Algebra, each at its own level and with its own examples.
Not quite the one you need? Same words, different skill:
- The Midpoint Formula (Algebra 1). The point halfway between two points.
- Distance and Midpoint (Algebra 1). Exact distances, and midpoints as coordinates.
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How to do these
Find the distance between and
- The differences are 3 across and 6 up.
- Square and add: 9 + 36 = 45.
- Root 45 simplifies.
The answer is .
Where students go wrong
Forgetting to square the differences, or rounding too early. The answer is exact until you choose to round it, and simplifying the root is part of finishing.
Also called distance between two points or Pythagoras on a grid.
What you can put on this worksheet
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- Decimal coordinates, rounded
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