Question

A football team lost 5 yards on each 3 plays. explain how you could use a number line to find the team's change in field position after the 3 plays.

Answer 1

A football team lost 5 yards on each 3 plays.
Let’s use a number line to be able to see how far in the field did they lost in 3 games.
=> 1 : 5 (1 game is to 5 yards)
=> 3 : 15 (3 games is to 15 yards )
All in all they lost 15 yards in 3 games.
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