Project - Map Practice with Distance and Midpoint

Map Practice with Distance and Midpoint                        Name: ________________________

 

Restaurants: ·       Burger King ·       Hardee's ·       McDonald's ·       Chick-Fil-A ·       Bojangles

Buildings: ·       City Hall ·       Post Office ·       Courthouse ·       Library ·       Armory

Stores: ·       Wal-Mart ·       Target ·       Food Lion ·       Lowe's ·       BP station

 

1.     Begin by drawing and labeling your x and y axes on your graph paper.  Make sure that your axes cover the entire area of the page.

 

2.     Plot and label the following locations on your map:

·       Burger King at (-2, 3) ·       Hardee's at (4, 1) ·       City Hall at (-9, -8) ·       Post Office at (-3, 8)

·       Wal-Mart at (4, -4) ·       Target at (-8, 6) ·       BP station at (1, -10)

 

 

3.     Bojangles is located at the midpoint of Burger King and Hardee's.  Plot and label Bojangles on the map and write the coordinates of Bojangles here _______.

4.     The library is located at the midpoint of City Hall and the post office.  Plot and label the library on the map and write the coordinates of the library here _______.

5.     Food Lion is located at the midpoint of Wal-Mart and Target.  Plot and label Food Lion on the map and write the coordinates of Food Lion here _______.

6.     Hardee's is the midpoint between Burger King and Chick-Fil-A.  Plot and label Chick-Fil-A on the map and write the coordinates of Chick-Fil-A here _______.

7.     The courthouse is the midpoint between the post office and the library.   Plot and label the courthouse on the map and write the coordinates of the courthouse here _______.

8.     Wal-Mart is the midpoint between Lowe's and the BP station.  Plot and label the Lowe's on the map and write the coordinates of Lowe's here _______.

9.     Burger King is the midpoint between Target and the armory.  Plot and label the armory on the map and write the coordinates of the armory here _______.

10.  (-2, -2) is the midpoint between McDonald's and City Hall.  Plot and label McDonald's on the map and write the coordinates of McDonald's here _______.

Use your map and your coordinates to find the distances between the following points of interest:

11.  What is the distance between McDonald's and the BP station?  ____________

12.  What is the distance between Wal-Mart and Hardee's?  ____________

13.  What is the distance between Target and City Hall?  ____________

14.  What is the distance between the armory and the library?  ____________

15.  What is the distance between Chick-Fil-A and Food Lion?  ____________

16.  What is the distance between Lowe's and Burger King?  ____________

17.  What is the distance between the courthouse and Bojangles?  ____________

18.  What is the distance between McDonald's and the Chick-Fil-A?  ____________

19.  What is the distance between Wal-Mart and the BP station?  ____________

20.  What is the distance between the post office and Target?  ____________