word problem

Question

Tom followed the directions on the treasure map. Starting at the big tree,he walked five paces north,turned right, and walked seven more paces. He turned right again and walked nine paces,turned left and took 3 paces and finally he turned left and took four more paces. In which direction was Tom facing,and how many paces was he from the big tree ?

Answer 1

In the late 1960’s, Seymour Papert and a team at MIT developed “Turtle Graphics” and the Logo Programming Language to teach kids how to program.  A programmable “turtle” was placed on the floor and given instructions.

Go to:

   http://www.logointerpreter.com/

 

Select “Editor” and enter the following (incomplete) program as new logo commands.  Execute it (the rocket blasting off). 

 

Tom followed the directions on the treasure map. Starting at the big tree,he walked five paces north,turned right, and walked seven more paces. He turned right again and walked nine paces,turned left and took 3 paces and finally he turned left and took four more paces. In which direction was Tom facing,and how many paces was he from the big tree ?

 

Multiply all paces by 10 so you can see the motion!

 

Clearscreen

Forward 50

Right 90

Forward 70

Right 90

Forward 90

Left 90

Forward 30

Left 90

Forward 40

Answer 2

Draw and label a diagram!

He is facing north and is 10 paces from the tree.