Question

Shirley is making a map of Main Street, which runs west to east through town. She used the number line shown, where each unit on the number line represents a block of main street and town hall was placed at zero.

After walking Main Street, she noted the following statements in her notebook. The flower boutique is five blocks west of the pet store. The pet store is four blocks east of the bank. The bank is eight blocks west of the hardware store. The hardware store is three blocks east of the bookstore. The bookstore is two blocks east of town hall.

Shirley also made a note to place an empty store in the opposite location of the bank on the number line.

Where should Shirley plot the empty store?

Answer 1

3

Explanation:

bookstore is two blocks east of town hall: 0+2=2

the hardware store is three blocks east of the bookstore: 2+3=5

the bank is eight blocks west of the hardware store: 5-8=-3

place an empty store in the opposite location of the bank: opposite of -3 is 3