Question

Make Sense and Persevere Ben walked from

the restaurant to the bus stop. Then, he took
the bus to the stadium. If he took the shortest
route, how many blocks did Ben travel? Note
that Ben can only travel along the grid lines.

Answer 1

Explanation:

for the trip restaurant to the bus stop he had to go 2 blocks down and 3 blocks to the left - in total 5 blocks.

for the trip from the bus stop to the stadium he had to go 3 blocks to the left and then 8 blocks up. in total 11 blocks.

so, the whole trip took 5 + 11 = 16 blocks.