Question

Point X is located at 11 on the number line. Point Y is 5 less than point X. Where on the number line is point Y?

Answer 1

6

Explanation:

If you draw out a number line, and a little tick for each number, X will be on the 11 mark (I'll try to do a little thing here)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

The 11 is where X is

The question says that point Y is 5 LESS than point X, so we want to go down 5 numbers.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16f

(6 is 5 less than 11)

So the point Y will be on the 6