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Ways to Say Distance

2015

A mind map of the many phrasings word problems use to say that two points are 10 m apart.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2015-01-01-ways-to-say-distance/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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[Title] "Ways to Say 'Distance'"

"the distance from A to B is 10m…" / "A is 10m from B…" / "A, located 10m from B…" / "Separated by 10m…" / "AB is 10m…" / "10m away from A is B…" / "A and B are 10m apart…"

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