This task is from Tools 4 NC Teachers. Given a situation students use a coordinate grid to solve problems related to a race. This is remixable.

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In order to plot the course for the annual Girls on the Run race, school officials look at a map (see the grid below). The school officials want the race to be 1,600 yards long. Each unit on the grid represents 100 yards.

Part 1:

How many units long should the race be? Remember: Each unit on the grid represents 100 yards.

Part 2:

Draw three possible solutions on the grids below. The course only includes horizontal and vertical lines on the grid below.  Grids on the activity sheet.

Part 3:

Choose your favorite solution.  Explain how you know the solution is 1,600 yards.