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Coordinate Geometry Worksheet for Maths Olympiad

Maths Olympiad topic 28: Coordinates and distance · Set 579 · 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 distance between the points (7, 6) and (11, 9)? (a) 6 (b) 25 (c) 5 (d) 7
  2. 2.How far is the point (3, 4) from the origin (0, 0)? (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) 25
  3. 3.In which quadrant does the point (−8, −7) lie? (a) Fourth quadrant (b) Second quadrant (c) Third quadrant (d) First quadrant
  4. 4.In which quadrant does the point (4, 9) lie? (a) Third quadrant (b) First quadrant (c) Fourth quadrant (d) Second quadrant
  5. 5.What is the distance between the points (2, 8) and (8, 0)? (a) 100 (b) 10 (c) 14 (d) 11
  6. 6.What is the distance between the points (8, 7) and (12, 4)? (a) 7 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 25
  7. 7.What is the distance between the points (2, 8) and (9, 32)? (a) 25 (b) 26 (c) 31 (d) 625
  8. 8.In which quadrant does the point (−5, 1) lie? (a) Third quadrant (b) Fourth quadrant (c) Second quadrant (d) First quadrant
  9. 9.How far is the point (8, 6) from the origin (0, 0)? (a) 11 (b) 10 (c) 100 (d) 14
  10. 10.What is the distance between the points (5, 10) and (20, 2)? (a) 23 (b) 18 (c) 289 (d) 17
  11. 11.What is the midpoint of the line joining (6, 5) and (12, 1)? (a) (3, 9) (b) (9, 3) (c) (18, 6) (d) (3, 2)
  12. 12.What is the distance between the points (2, 12) and (8, 4)? (a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 14 (d) 100
  13. 13.How far is the point (9, 12) from the origin (0, 0)? (a) 16 (b) 15 (c) 225 (d) 21
  14. 14.How far is the point (12, 5) from the origin (0, 0)? (a) 169 (b) 14 (c) 13 (d) 17
  15. 15.What is the midpoint of the line joining (5, 9) and (11, 13)? (a) (3, 2) (b) (16, 22) (c) (8, 11) (d) (11, 8)
  16. 16.In which quadrant does the point (−1, 9) lie? (a) Third quadrant (b) Fourth quadrant (c) First quadrant (d) Second quadrant
  17. 17.In which quadrant does the point (8, 5) lie? (a) Second quadrant (b) Fourth quadrant (c) Third quadrant (d) First quadrant
  18. 18.What is the midpoint of the line joining (4, 10) and (14, 0)? (a) (18, 10) (b) (5, 9) (c) (9, 5) (d) (5, 5)
  19. 19.What is the midpoint of the line joining (7, 10) and (11, 2)? (a) (9, 6) (b) (2, 4) (c) (18, 12) (d) (6, 9)
  20. 20.What is the midpoint of the line joining (2, 8) and (6, 20)? (a) (4, 14) (b) (8, 28) (c) (2, 6) (d) (14, 4)
  21. 21.In which quadrant does the point (5, 1) lie? (a) Second quadrant (b) Fourth quadrant (c) Third quadrant (d) First quadrant
  22. 22.What is the midpoint of the line joining (0, 5) and (10, 1)? (a) (10, 6) (b) (5, 3) (c) (5, 2) (d) (3, 5)
  23. 23.How far is the point (5, 12) from the origin (0, 0)? (a) 17 (b) 169 (c) 13 (d) 14
  24. 24.What is the midpoint of the line joining (6, 10) and (8, 2)? (a) (14, 12) (b) (1, 4) (c) (7, 6) (d) (6, 7)
  25. 25.How far is the point (16, 12) from the origin (0, 0)? (a) 20 (b) 28 (c) 400 (d) 21
  26. 26.What is the midpoint of the line joining (7, 6) and (15, 14)? (a) (11, 10) (b) (10, 11) (c) (4, 4) (d) (22, 20)
  27. 27.What is the midpoint of the line joining (6, 10) and (8, 22)? (a) (1, 6) (b) (7, 16) (c) (16, 7) (d) (14, 32)
  28. 28.What is the distance between the points (8, 3) and (14, 11)? (a) 100 (b) 11 (c) 14 (d) 10
  29. 29.In which quadrant does the point (3, 3) lie? (a) First quadrant (b) Second quadrant (c) Fourth quadrant (d) Third quadrant
  30. 30.What is the distance between the points (2, 23) and (10, 8)? (a) 23 (b) 18 (c) 17 (d) 289
  31. 31.In which quadrant does the point (−8, 9) lie? (a) Third quadrant (b) Second quadrant (c) Fourth quadrant (d) First quadrant
  32. 32.What is the midpoint of the line joining (4, 2) and (14, 4)? (a) (3, 9) (b) (18, 6) (c) (9, 3) (d) (5, 1)
  33. 33.What is the distance between the points (9, 32) and (16, 8)? (a) 26 (b) 625 (c) 25 (d) 31
  34. 34.What is the midpoint of the line joining (5, 4) and (15, 12)? (a) (8, 10) (b) (10, 8) (c) (20, 16) (d) (5, 4)
  35. 35.How far is the point (24, 7) from the origin (0, 0)? (a) 31 (b) 625 (c) 25 (d) 26
  36. 36.In which quadrant does the point (6, 1) lie? (a) Third quadrant (b) Second quadrant (c) First quadrant (d) Fourth quadrant
  37. 37.In which quadrant does the point (5, −6) lie? (a) Third quadrant (b) Second quadrant (c) Fourth quadrant (d) First quadrant
  38. 38.What is the midpoint of the line joining (7, 2) and (17, 12)? (a) (24, 14) (b) (5, 5) (c) (7, 12) (d) (12, 7)
  39. 39.In which quadrant does the point (4, −5) lie? (a) Second quadrant (b) First quadrant (c) Third quadrant (d) Fourth quadrant
  40. 40.What is the midpoint of the line joining (8, 11) and (12, 1)? (a) (20, 12) (b) (6, 10) (c) (2, 5) (d) (10, 6)

Answer key

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

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