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Coordinate Geometry Worksheet for Maths Olympiad

Maths Olympiad topic 28: Coordinates and distance · Set 28 · 40 questions
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How to solve it (Across, up, Pythagoras): Distance: across = difference of the x values, up = difference of the y values; distance = √(across² + up²). Midpoint = ((x₁ + x₂) ÷ 2, (y₁ + y₂) ÷ 2). Quadrants by signs: (+, +) first, (−, +) second, (−, −) third, (+, −) fourth.

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  1. 1.What is the midpoint of the line joining (8, 6) and (10, 10)? (a) (1, 2) (b) (8, 9) (c) (18, 16) (d) (9, 8)
  2. 2.In which quadrant does the point (−5, −4) lie? (a) First quadrant (b) Fourth quadrant (c) Second quadrant (d) Third quadrant
  3. 3.What is the distance between the points (6, 16) and (21, 8)? (a) 289 (b) 23 (c) 18 (d) 17
  4. 4.In which quadrant does the point (−3, 1) lie? (a) Third quadrant (b) Second quadrant (c) Fourth quadrant (d) First quadrant
  5. 5.What is the midpoint of the line joining (9, 20) and (17, 10)? (a) (4, 5) (b) (13, 15) (c) (26, 30) (d) (15, 13)
  6. 6.What is the distance between the points (6, 17) and (12, 9)? (a) 11 (b) 14 (c) 10 (d) 100
  7. 7.What is the midpoint of the line joining (1, 2) and (7, 4)? (a) (3, 4) (b) (4, 3) (c) (3, 1) (d) (8, 6)
  8. 8.In which quadrant does the point (9, 4) lie? (a) Second quadrant (b) First quadrant (c) Third quadrant (d) Fourth quadrant
  9. 9.In which quadrant does the point (3, 4) lie? (a) Second quadrant (b) Third quadrant (c) Fourth quadrant (d) First quadrant
  10. 10.What is the midpoint of the line joining (8, 14) and (14, 2)? (a) (22, 16) (b) (8, 11) (c) (3, 6) (d) (11, 8)
  11. 11.What is the distance between the points (2, 18) and (14, 9)? (a) 15 (b) 225 (c) 21 (d) 16
  12. 12.In which quadrant does the point (1, 9) lie? (a) Third quadrant (b) Second quadrant (c) Fourth quadrant (d) First quadrant
  13. 13.What is the distance between the points (2, 3) and (6, 6)? (a) 25 (b) 7 (c) 6 (d) 5
  14. 14.What is the midpoint of the line joining (8, 9) and (10, 21)? (a) (9, 15) (b) (15, 9) (c) (1, 6) (d) (18, 30)
  15. 15.How far is the point (12, 5) from the origin (0, 0)? (a) 14 (b) 169 (c) 17 (d) 13
  16. 16.How far is the point (8, 15) from the origin (0, 0)? (a) 289 (b) 23 (c) 18 (d) 17
  17. 17.In which quadrant does the point (−3, −6) lie? (a) First quadrant (b) Fourth quadrant (c) Second quadrant (d) Third quadrant
  18. 18.In which quadrant does the point (−7, 7) lie? (a) Third quadrant (b) Second quadrant (c) First quadrant (d) Fourth quadrant
  19. 19.What is the midpoint of the line joining (0, 17) and (6, 7)? (a) (12, 3) (b) (6, 24) (c) (3, 12) (d) (3, 5)
  20. 20.What is the midpoint of the line joining (3, 3) and (15, 13)? (a) (18, 16) (b) (6, 5) (c) (8, 9) (d) (9, 8)
  21. 21.In which quadrant does the point (−9, 9) lie? (a) Second quadrant (b) Fourth quadrant (c) First quadrant (d) Third quadrant
  22. 22.What is the midpoint of the line joining (10, 0) and (18, 2)? (a) (28, 2) (b) (1, 14) (c) (4, 1) (d) (14, 1)
  23. 23.What is the midpoint of the line joining (4, 1) and (16, 9)? (a) (6, 4) (b) (10, 5) (c) (5, 10) (d) (20, 10)
  24. 24.In which quadrant does the point (9, −2) lie? (a) Second quadrant (b) Third quadrant (c) First quadrant (d) Fourth quadrant
  25. 25.What is the midpoint of the line joining (8, 10) and (14, 22)? (a) (11, 16) (b) (3, 6) (c) (16, 11) (d) (22, 32)
  26. 26.How far is the point (7, 24) from the origin (0, 0)? (a) 25 (b) 625 (c) 26 (d) 31
  27. 27.What is the distance between the points (1, 9) and (25, 16)? (a) 31 (b) 26 (c) 625 (d) 25
  28. 28.What is the distance between the points (3, 27) and (10, 3)? (a) 25 (b) 31 (c) 26 (d) 625
  29. 29.How far is the point (8, 6) from the origin (0, 0)? (a) 100 (b) 14 (c) 10 (d) 11
  30. 30.How far is the point (3, 4) from the origin (0, 0)? (a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 6 (d) 25
  31. 31.What is the distance between the points (8, 3) and (12, 6)? (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 25
  32. 32.In which quadrant does the point (3, −8) lie? (a) First quadrant (b) Second quadrant (c) Third quadrant (d) Fourth quadrant
  33. 33.What is the distance between the points (1, 9) and (13, 0)? (a) 16 (b) 225 (c) 15 (d) 21
  34. 34.In which quadrant does the point (5, −2) lie? (a) Second quadrant (b) Fourth quadrant (c) Third quadrant (d) First quadrant
  35. 35.What is the distance between the points (3, 5) and (9, 13)? (a) 11 (b) 100 (c) 10 (d) 14
  36. 36.What is the distance between the points (2, 5) and (6, 2)? (a) 7 (b) 25 (c) 5 (d) 6
  37. 37.What is the distance between the points (4, 5) and (16, 14)? (a) 15 (b) 16 (c) 21 (d) 225
  38. 38.What is the distance between the points (0, 3) and (12, 19)? (a) 28 (b) 400 (c) 21 (d) 20
  39. 39.What is the midpoint of the line joining (0, 1) and (12, 5)? (a) (6, 2) (b) (12, 6) (c) (3, 6) (d) (6, 3)
  40. 40.What is the distance between the points (0, 5) and (3, 1)? (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 25

Answer key

  1. (9, 8)
  2. Third quadrant
  3. 17
  4. Second quadrant
  5. (13, 15)
  6. 10
  7. (4, 3)
  8. First quadrant
  9. First quadrant
  10. (11, 8)
  11. 15
  12. First quadrant
  13. 5
  14. (9, 15)
  15. 13
  16. 17
  17. Third quadrant
  18. Second quadrant
  19. (3, 12)
  20. (9, 8)
  21. Second quadrant
  22. (14, 1)
  23. (10, 5)
  24. Fourth quadrant
  25. (11, 16)
  26. 25
  27. 25
  28. 25
  29. 10
  30. 5
  31. 5
  32. Fourth quadrant
  33. 15
  34. Fourth quadrant
  35. 10
  36. 5
  37. 15
  38. 20
  39. (6, 3)
  40. 5

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