Number Line Adventures: Solving Distance Problems

1. Sarah is at point 3 on a number line. She walks 4 steps to the right. Where does she end up?

• 5

• 7

• 2

• 10

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2. Tom is at point 10 on a number line. He moves 5 steps to the left. What point is he at now?

• 0

• 4

• 5

• 6

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3. A number line shows the points 0 to 12. If you start at 6 and move 3 steps to the left, what number do you reach?

• 4

• 7

• 9

• 3

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4. Lisa has a number line from 1 to 15. If she is at point 12 and moves back 7 steps, what number does she land on?

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• 5

• 10

• 8

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5. On a number line, the distance between points 4 and 9 is how many units?

• 5 units

• 7 units

• 6 units

• 3 units

6. If a number line shows points from -5 to 5, what is the distance from -2 to 3?

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• 5

• 4

• 6

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7. Mark is at point 0 on a number line. He jumps to point 8 and then back to point 2. What is the total distance he traveled?

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• 12

• 10

• 16

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8. A number line shows the numbers 1 to 20. If you start at 15 and move to 10, how many units did you move?

• 5

• 10

• 7

• 3

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9. Emma is at point 7 on a number line. She moves 6 steps to the right and then 2 steps to the left. What point is she at now?

• 11

• 5

• 9

• 13

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10. On a number line from 0 to 20, if you are at point 14 and move to point 18, how far did you move?

• 10

• 4

• 2

• 6

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