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Elementary Mathematics Homework Worksheet

Name: Index No.: Class: Date:

Broadrick Secondary School


Elementary Mathematics
Chapter 5 Coordinate Geometry
5.1 – Length of line Segment
5.2 – Gradient of Straight Lines

1. P(5, 8) and Q( 4, 2) are points on a coordinate plane. Find the length PQ.

[Ans: 6.08 units]

2. A(5, 1) and B( 4, 1) are points on a coordinate plane. Find the length AB.

[Ans: 2.24 units]

3. Find the gradient of the line joining the points


(a) P 4, 1 and Q3, 5 ,
(b) R0,  3 and S  4, 2  ,
(c) X (4, 9) and Y (4, 2).

(a) [Ans: 7 ] (b) [Ans:  4 ] (c) [Ans: undefined]


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Elementary Mathematics Homework Worksheet

4. A, B and C are points (1, 1), (2, 3) and (8, 11) respectively.
(a) Find the length of the line segments AB, BC and AC.

[AB = 5units, BC= 10 units, AC = 15 units]

(b) Determine if A, B and C lie on a straight line.

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5. Given that the gradient of a line passing through (2, 6) and (5, k) is 5 , find the value of k.

[Ans: k  0.4 ]

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Elementary Mathematics Homework Worksheet

*6. The points, A(5,  3), B(2, k ) and C (4, 3) are collinear (points lying on a straight line).
(a) Find the gradient of the line.
(b) Hence find the value of k.

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(a) [Ans: 3 ] (b) [Ans: –1]

*7.
y

B(0, 4)

C x
0 A(8, 0)

The diagram above, not drawn to scale, shows a triangle, ABC, with area 28 units2.
(a) Find the coordinates of C.
(b) Find the gradient of the line BA.

C (6, 0) 1

[(a) (b) 2 ]

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