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
1.
Springville
98 miles
Bloomsbury
3
from Waverly to Springville?
Upton
One of the possible routes is from Waverly to
to Springville.
2.
Name the other possible routes to get from Waverly to Springville.
Johnstown
• from Waverly to
to Springville
Order of answers
will vary.
Bloomsbury
• from Waverly to
to Springville
Which route do you think is the shortest?
.
3
Answers will vary. Sample answer: from Waverly to
Johnstown to Springville.
Find the shortest route.
.
4
Waverly to Johnstown to Springville is the shortest,
321 miles.
Extend It The city of Sunnyvale is exactly halfway between Bloomsbury and
.
5
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.
439 miles. Check students’ work.