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Traveling the World

Diego has to make numerous business trips from his home in Chicago. Use the table below and the U.S. standard algorithm for subtraction to solve the following problems.

Distance from Chicago to Other Cities (in miles)
Buenos Aires 5,598 Hong Kong 7,784 Honolulu 4,248 London 3,950
Paris 4,134 Rome 4,808 Shanghai 7,081 Sydney 9,272
  • 7 One week Diego flies from Chicago to Paris. The next week he flies from Chicago to Buenos Aires. How much farther is it from Chicago to Buenos Aires than from Chicago to Paris?

  • 8 On his next trip, Diego flies from Chicago to Shanghai. After that he flies from Chicago to Rome. How much farther is it from Chicago to Shanghai than from Chicago to Rome?

  • 9 Next, Diego flies from Chicago to Honolulu. Two weeks later he flies from Chicago to London. How much farther is it from Chicago to Honolulu than from Chicago to London?

  • 10 For his final business trips, Diego first flies from Chicago to Sydney. The next month, he flies from Chicago to Hong Kong. How much farther is it from Chicago to Sydney than from Chicago to Honk Kong?


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Investigations 3 in Number, Data, and Space®, Student Activity Book Unit 1 Arrays, Factors, and Multiplicative Comparison Unit 2 Generating and Representing Measurement Data Unit 3 Multiple Towers and Cluster Problems Unit 4 Measuring and Classifying Shapes Unit 5 Large Numbers and Landmarks Unit 6 Fraction Cards and Decimal Grids Unit 7 How Many Packages and Groups? Unit 8 Penny Jars and Towers