Unit 6 Contents

Use the map and information on the previous page to answer the following questions.

1. Find Fisk on the map. Is Fisk at exactly (5, 6)? What are the coordinates designed to do?
2. What town is located at about (3, 2)?
3. Look at the four ordered pairs (1, 2), (1, 3), (2, 2), and (2, 3). What town is located almost in the center of all the points?

Using a Map to Find Distances

The map of north central Alabama on the previous page has the scale 1 centimeter = 10 miles. Use the ordered pairs below to help you locate the towns and solve the distance problems. You will need a ruler. Measure distances “as the crow flies,” which means in a straight line.

Athens (2, 4) Elkmont (2, 5) Grant (7, 2)
New Market (6, 5) Owens Crossroads (6, 2) Priceville (3, 2)
Toney (4, 5) Union Grove (6, 1) Morgan City (5, 1)

1. About how far is it from Morgan City to Grant?
2. About how far is it from Union Grove to Toney?

3. About how far is it from Priceville to New Market?
4. Suppose you went from Grant to New Market to Elkmont. How many miles would you have traveled?
5. If you wanted to travel to all the towns listed above without zig-zagging across the region, in what order might you travel? How many miles would you cover? Think about the shortest route possible. Plan to share your proposed route with the class.