Question

Sonya is playing a board game, and each space on the board game measures 1 centimeter. She moves her game token 5 spaces up from the start position. Then she moves it 5 spaces to the left. Finally, Sonya moves her token 2 spaces down.

What is the total distance the token moved?
2 cm
8 cm
12 cm
15 cm

Answer 1

2cm is the total distance moved

Answer 2

Sonia plays a board game.

Each space is 1 cm in length.

She moves five spaces from the start.

So she moves the token 5 cm.

Again she moves the token 5 cm to the left.

So she is again in the start position.

She pushes the token two spaces down.

Therefore the total distance covered by the token is 5 +5 +2 = 12 cm.