Question

Anna lives 2.5 miles to the east of her school, and Ben lives 2 miles to the west of the same school.

Anna draws a map with a number line connecting her house to Ben’s house. On the number line, the school is at 0 and her house is at the point +2.5. On the map, Ben’s house is at the point

Answer 1

Explanation:

3===o===2=======1========0========-1=======x-2

I know this is backwards, but the question makes the choice of which direction is plus. o represents where anna lives.

Ben should be right at -2 where the x is.