Deon walks 12 minutes east to his friend’s house. Then he and his friend walk 6 minutes west to the bus stop.

Using compass directions on a number line, which expression can be used to find how many minutes Deon’s house is from the bus stop?

compass with four arrows coming out from the center. The arrow pointing up is north, the arrow pointing down is south, the arrow pointing right is east and the arrow pointing left is west.

A. +12 + -6
B. -6 + -12
C. -6 - +12
D. +12 + +6

Question

Deon walks 12 minutes east to his friend’s house. Then he and his friend walk 6 minutes west to the bus stop. 

Using compass directions on a number line, which expression can be used to find how many minutes Deon’s house is from the bus stop?

compass with four arrows coming out from the center. The arrow pointing up is north, the arrow pointing down is south, the arrow pointing right is east and the arrow pointing left is west.

 A. +12 + -6  
 B. -6 + -12
 C. -6 - +12 
 D. +12 + +6

anonymous · Answer

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So you go 12 and then come back 6
Which do you think it is?