Find Places on a Neighborhood Grid

Use lettered columns, numbered rows and simple directions.

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Read the column letter first, then the row number. On this map columns A, B, C run west to east and rows 1, 2, 3 run south to north. Moving north changes the row, not the column.

Worked example

On the diagram, B2 means column B and row 2. Moving one square north from B2 takes you to B3; moving one square east takes you to C2.

A three-by-three grid has columns A, B, C left to right and rows 1, 2, 3 bottom to top. A marker is in column B, row 2. — Read the stated coordinate order: column B and row 2 give B2 on this grid.

Would you believe it?

on this open grid, moving east then north can reach the same place as moving north then east. From A one, both routes finish at B two. Their middle squares differ. Real maps may have barriers, so always check whether both routes are allowed.

The Neighborhood Key

Use a fictional three-by-three map: columns A, B, C run west to east; rows 1, 2, 3 run south to north. Library: A2. School: B1. Park: B2. Pond: C2. Garden: B3. Each step to a neighboring square counts as one move. Diagonal moves are not used.

Question 1 Which grid reference locates the library? A2 B1 C3

Question 2 What is one square north of the school at B1? The pond at C2 The park at B2 The library at A2

Question 3 From the park at B2, which direction leads one square to the pond at C2? South West East

Question 4 How many square-to-square moves take you from A2 to C2 along row 2? Answer

Question 5 Which place is farthest north? The school at B1 The garden at B3 The pond at C2

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