2016 Grade 6 Unit 6 Mini-Touchstone NS.

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ID: 182170
Touchstone DOK 2
1. Sonya is drawing rectangle PQRS on the graph below. She has plotted points
P, R, and S.

What should be the coordinates of point Q?

A. A. 1, 1)

B. A. (1, 2)

C. B. (3,1)

D. C. (1, 1)

ID: 288535
Touchstone DOK 2
2. A rectangle is plotted on a coordinate plane.
The coordinates of the vertices are (2, 5), (2, 6), (3, 5) and (3, 6).

What is the perimeter of this rectangle?

A. A. 16 units

B. B. 32 units

C. C. 55 units

D. 110 units
D.

ID: 183417
Touchstone DOK 2
3. Kelly has to run errands before she goes to the park. She plots the locations
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 of her stops on a coordinate plane. Starting from her house, she will first go
to the library, then to the farmers market, and finally to the park.

What is the total distance Kelly travels to reach the park?

A. 3 miles
B. 7 miles
C. 11 miles
D. 15 miles

ID: 182643
Touchstone DOK 2
4. The grid shows the location of three points.

What is the distance, in units, between point Q and point R?

A. A. 3
B. 4
C. 7
D. 8

ID: 288536
Touchstone DOK 1
5. Sam designed a new swimming pool by plotting the vertices on a
coordinate plane. He wanted the shape of the pool to be a rectangle.
What should the coordinates of the fourth point be in order to
complete the figure?
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 A. A. (2, 2)

B. B. (1, 4)

C. C. (1, 2)

D. D. (2, 4)

Additional Questions NS.8 / G3 Not required

ID:
DOK 3
A triangle has vertices X (2,1), Y (5,4), and Z (5,1). What is the base
3. and height of the triangle?

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 A. A. base = 3 units ; height = 2 units

B. B. base = 3 units ; height = 4 units

C. C. base = 2 units ; height = 3 units

D. D. base = 3 units ; height = 3 units

ID:
DOK 3
A triangle has vertices X (2,1), Y (5,4), and Z (5,1). What is the area of
5. the triangle?

E. A. 9 square units
B. 4.5 square units
C. 12 square units
D. 6 square units

ID: 183749
DOK 2
Look at points P, C, and G on this coordinate grid.

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 What is the distance, in units, between point P and point C?
E. A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 7

ID:
DOK 2
The parts of a library can be plotted on a coordinate grid. The librarians seat
is located at (-2, -7), the Science section at (5, 3), the English section at (-2, 3)
an the newspaper rack at (5, - 2). What is the distance between the Science
and English section?

A. 5 units
B. 6 units
C. 7 units
D. 10 units

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