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The Coordinate Plane: Graphs & Graphing Calculators
Site provides exercises for graphing on the coordinate plane including distance formula, midpoint formula, graphs of equations, and graphing using a calculator.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Working With Distance (Length)
A seven-question quiz in which you'll answer questions about distance. You'll need to know how to find distance between points on a coordinate plane.
Government of Alberta
Learn Alberta: Distance Between Two Locations
This Java applet allows the user to name any two points in a Cartesian system, see the segment on the screen and view how the distance between the two points is found.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Finding a Missing Coordinate Using the Distance Formula: Lesson 2
This lesson demonstrates how to find missing x or y coordinate of a segment when given the distance between the two points on a coordinate plane. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Finding a Missing Coordinate using the Distance Formula."
Math Planet
Math Planet: Geometry: Finding Distances and Midpoints
Discover how to find distances and midpoints by viewing examples and a video lesson. [1:07]
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Point Plane Distance
Find the distance between a point and a plane using the algebraic formula for the plane and the Cartesian points. This MathWorld page has a labeled diagram to help clarify the equation variables.
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Two Dimensional Distance Calculator
Use this calculator to calculate the distance between 2 points by entering 2 sets of coordinates in the 3-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system, (X1, Y1, Z1) and (X2, Y2, Z2), to get the distance formula calculation for the 2 points...
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Three Dimensional Distance Calculator
Use this calculator to calculate the distance between 2 points by entering 2 sets of coordinates in the 3-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system, (X1, Y1, Z1) and (X2, Y2, Z2), to get the distance formula calculation for the 2 points...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Length of a Line Segment (Distance)
Use the coordinate plane and Pythagorean theorem to determine the length of a line segment. Click on the "Topic Index" to find a related practice exercise and teacher resource.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Graphing Calculator Practice Problems: Point, Line, Planes, Angles
Practice using your graphing calculator for drawing and labeling points, lines, planes, and angles. If you get stumped or if you would like to check your work, then select the View Solution button, which is located directly under each...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Lines in the Coordinate Plane Study Guide
This comprehensive study guide highlights the main terms and formulas needed to review lines in the coordinate plane. Examples are included.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Midpoint Formula
Find the midpoint of a segment on the coordinate plane, or find the endpoint of a segment given one point and the midpoint. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Hurricane! Saving Lives With Reasoning & Computer Science
Students develop and apply the distance formula and an x-y coordinate plane on a hurricane tracking map, and then use a map scale to determine distance in miles. Then, using MATLAB computer science programming language, students help...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Analysis: Planes in Space
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The equation of a plane on an x, y, z coordinate graph
Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University
Npac Reu Program: Graphing With Coordinates in the Plane
This site from the Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University provides a good five-part basic graphing instructor. Covers all the basics clearly. It is divided into links for easier navigation.
Curated OER
Syracuse University: The Distance Formula
This Northeast Parallel Architecture Center, University of Syracuse page explains how the distance formula is used in the coordinate plane using ordered pairs and the Pythagorean Formula.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Coordinate Geometry of Rhombi
This lesson will demonstrate how to use slope, midpoint, and distance formulas to determine from the coordinates of the vertices if a quadrilateral is a rhombus in a coordinate plane.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Coordinate Geometry of Trapezoids: Lesson 3
This lesson will demonstrate how to use slope, midpoint, and distance formulas to determine from the coordinates of the vertices if a quadrilateral is a trapezoid in a coordinate plane. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Coordinate...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Coordinate Geometry of Parallelograms: Lesson 4
This lesson will demonstrate how to use slope, midpoint, and distance formulas to determine from the coordinates of the vertices if a quadrilateral is a parallelogram in a coordinate plane. It is 4 of 6 in the series titled "Coordinate...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Looking for Mr. Right Triangle
Navigator Activity: This is a review of the right triangle in the coordinate plane. Given two lines (2 really nice ones) the students write the equation of the 3rd line to create a right triangle. They find the vertices of the triangle...
Texas A&M University
Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Intermediate Algebra
This site is a tutorial for students in algebra 2 or for those who need a refresher. The site has explanations, definitions, examples, practice problems and practice tests are found covering topics such as linear equations, graphing,...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Coordinate Geometry of Isosceles Trapezoids: Lesson 3
This lesson will demonstrate how to use slope, midpoint, and distance formulas to determine from the coordinates of the vertices if a quadrilateral is an isosceles trapezoid in a coordinate plane. It is 3 of 5 in the series titled...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Coordinate Geometry of Parallelograms: Lesson 1
This lesson will demonstrate how to use slope, midpoint, and distance formulas to determine from the coordinates of the vertices if a quadrilateral is a parallelogram in a coordinate plane. It is 1 of 6 in the series titled "Coordinate...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Coordinate Geometry of Rectangles: Lesson 4
This lesson will demonstrate how to use slope, midpoint, and distance formulas to determine from the coordinates of the vertices if a quadrilateral is a rectangle in a coordinate plane. It is 4 of 5 in the series titled "Coordinate...