Question

A football team lost 5 yards on each of 3 plays.Explain how you could use a number line to find the teams change in field position after 3 plays.Then find and interpret the change in position

Answer 1

Kindly check explanation and attached picture

Explanation:

Given that:

A football team lost 5 yards on each of 3 plays

Using a number line we could show the loss in yard after each play. With a loss of 5 yards after each play, there will be a total of:

(Number of plays * yards lost) = (3 * 5) = 15 yards

The attached picture shows a number line moving a distance of 5 yards to the left ( negative direction) after each play after which it arrives at a total loss of 15 yards after the third play.