Distance Formula

Lesson Prep

Lesson Details

• Duration: 50 minutes

• Learning Goal: Create a need for calculating the distance between two points and show how it relates to the Pythagorean Theorem.

Answer Keys

• Link to Answer Keys

Classwork

• Warm Up

  • Link to Slides

  • Inspired by Dan Meyer

• Notes

• Partner Handout

1:1 Devices Version

• Pear Deck

Standards

Common Core

• HSG.GPE.B.7 – Use coordinates to compute perimeters of polygons and areas of triangles and rectangles, e.g., using the distance formula.

TEKS

• G.2(B) – derive and use the distance, slope, and midpoint formulas to verify geometric relationships, including congruence of segments and parallelism or perpendicularity of pairs of lines