A Trip around Virginia
A Puzzle by David Pleacher
Published in the VEA Math O Gram (Feb 1984) and the Virginia Journal of Education (Nov 1984)


You are to take a trip around Virginia using the following clues.   Write down the name of the city and the corresponding mileage in the appropriate blanks.   Then answer the questions at the end.




CLUES CITY MILES
1.   Begin in Roanoke Roanoke 0
2.   Travel to the city which is located in both Tennessee and Virginia _____ _____
3.   Travel to Danville Danville _____
4.   Go to the city known for its "Battle of the Crater" which took place in 1864 _____ _____
5.   Then travel to the capital of Virginia _____ _____
6.   Go west to the town in which General Lee surrendered to Grant in 1865 _____ _____
7.   Now head north to the city in which Monticello is located _____ _____
8.   Travel to the city known for its apples _____ _____
9.   Go to the city in which two major civil war battles were fought _____ _____
10.   Travel to Fredericksburg Fredericksburg _____
11.   Return to the capital of Virginia _____ _____
12.   Travel to the city in which the last battle of the Revolutionary War was fought _____ _____

Determine the total mileage travelled: _____

If you averaged 50 miles per hour for the trip, how long would it take you? _____

If your car gets 28 miles to the gallon, how many gallons of gasoline would you need for the trip? _____

If your car gets 51 miles to the gallon, how many gallons of gasoline would you need for the trip? _____

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