Using Maps - Geometry Worksheet With Answers

G–1

Name

Date

Using Maps

Waverly

You can find the shortest distance

Upton

between two cities. If you use a map

that shows the number of miles

Johnstown

between cities, you can find a route

that is the least number of miles long.

How many routes can you find to get

Springville

98 miles

Bloomsbury

from Waverly to Springville?

One of the possible routes is from Waverly to

to Springville.

Name the other possible routes to get from Waverly to Springville.

• from Waverly to

to Springville

• from Waverly to

to Springville

Which route do you think is the shortest?

Find the shortest route.

Extend It The city of Sunnyvale is exactly halfway between Bloomsbury and

Springville. If you decide to go on a road trip from Waverly to Sunnyvale and

want to go through Upton, how many miles will you travel? Show your work.

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