Question

Taking your starting point as $0$ on the number line, describe your position in relation to your starting point if you walk: $5$ steps backward (left) and $3$ steps forward (right).

Answer 1

According to the question, we first move $5$ steps to the left, then move $3$ steps to the right.

The given situation can be shown on the number line as below:

Hence, our final position is at $-2$, which is $2$ steps to the left of the starting point.