Work through the levels in order. Type your answer and press Check — open the worked solution if you get stuck. Answers like -6, 3/4 or 0.25 are typed exactly as shown. A ⭐ Bonus Challenge at the end is extra credit — skip it if the rest was hard work.
Level 1 · Warm-up
1 On a grid map, which direction is the opposite of north?
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The opposite of north is south.
2 You walk 3 squares east, then 3 squares west. How many squares are you from where you started?
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They cancel out exactly, so you are 0 squares away — back where you started.
3 Which direction is the opposite of west?
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The opposite of west is east.
Level 2 · Core
4 You walk 4 squares east, then 1 square west. How many squares east of your start are you?
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4 − 1 = 3 squares east.
5 Starting at column A, you move 4 columns east. Which column are you in?
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A → B → C → D → E.
6 You walk 2 squares north then 5 squares south. How many squares south of your start are you?
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5 − 2 = 3 squares south.
Level 3 · Challenge
7 You walk 4 squares east, 3 north, 1 west and 3 south. How many squares are you from where you started?
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North 3 and south 3 cancel. East 4 minus west 1 leaves 3 squares east of the start.
8 Starting at column C you move 3 columns east, then 5 columns west. Which column are you in?
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C + 3 east is F, then 5 west: F → E → D → C → B → A.
9 A treasure is 2 squares east and 2 squares north of you. If you walk 2 north first, which way must you then walk, and how far?
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After going 2 north you still need the east part, so walk east 2.
⭐ Bonus Challenge · only if the rest felt easy
10 You walk 4 squares east, 3 squares north, 1 square west, then 3 squares south. How many squares are you from where you started?
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North 3 then south 3 cancel out, leaving you on the same row. East 4 then west 1 leaves you 3 squares east. So you are 3 squares from the start.