Question

What is the distance between points A and B?

A number line going from 0 to 2 in increments of 1. There are 3 equal spaces between each number. Point A is one mark to the right of 1. Point B is one mark to the right of point A.
One-third
One-half
1 One-third
1 One-half

Answer 1

one-third

Explanation:

A B

<-------+---------+---------+---------+--------+---------+---------+--------------->

0 1 1 1/3 1 2/3 2

Since each unit is divided into three equal spaces, each space is 1/3 of a unit.

Between any two consecutive marks, the distance is 1/3 unit.

Answer: one-third