Question

Zach's football team moves the football 35 yards forward on the first down. On the next down, they lose 12 yards. On the down after that they go forward 8 yards. How many yards from the starting point did they move the football in the three downs?

a) 70
b) 65
c) 60
d) 31

Answer 1

Zach's football team moved the football a total of 31 yards from the starting point after three downs by adding the yardage from each down: +35 yards, then -12 yards, and finally +8 yards.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student's question relates to changes in position on a football field and requires basic addition and subtraction to solve. To find out how many yards from the starting point Zach's football team moved the football in the three downs, we simply add and subtract the yardage from each down.

Here's the calculation:

• First down: +35 yards
• Second down: -12 yards
• Third down: +8 yards

Adding these together, we get:

35 yards - 12 yards + 8 yards = 31 yards

Therefore, Zach's football team moved the football 31 yards from the starting point after the three downs.