Ally's hotel room is on the 12th floor. She parked her car in the underground parking garage 4 floors below ground level. How many floors did Ally travel in the elevator to get from her car up to her room?
Ally traveled a total of 12 floors from the parking garage to her hotel room.
Ally's hotel room is on the 12th floor. She parked her car in the underground parking garage 4 floors below ground level. How many floors did Ally travel in the elevator to get from her car up to her room?
-8 floors
16 floors
8 floors
-16 floors
Ally traveled a total of 16 floors in the elevator to get from her car up to her room.
To determine how many floors Ally traveled in the elevator to get from her car up to her room, we need to calculate the total number of floors.
- Ally parked her car in the underground parking garage, which is 4 floors below ground level.
- The ground level is considered the 1st floor, so the underground parking garage is at -4 floors.
To get to her hotel room on the 12th floor, Ally would need to go up 16 floors.
Therefore, Ally traveled in the elevator for 16 floors to get from her car up to her room.