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 8 floors in the elevator to get from her car up to her room.
To determine how many floors Ally traveled in the elevator, we need to find the difference between the floor where she parked her car and the floor where her hotel room is located.
Ally's car is parked 4 floors below ground level, and her hotel room is on the 12th floor.
To calculate the difference, we subtract the floor where the car is parked from the floor of the hotel room:
12th floor - (-4th floor) = 12 + 4 = 16 floors
Therefore, Ally traveled 16 floors in the elevator to get from her car up to her hotel room.
The answer is: 16 floors.