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?

Question

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-8 floors
16 floors
8 floors
-16 floors

Answer 1

To determine how many floors Ally traveled in the elevator from the underground parking garage to her hotel room, we can break it down as follows:

1. The parking garage is 4 floors below ground level. This can be represented as -4.
2. Ally's hotel room is on the 12th floor, which is represented as +12.

To find the total number of floors traveled, we can calculate the difference between the two levels:

\[ 12 - (-4) = 12 + 4 = 16 \]

Therefore, Ally traveled 16 floors in the elevator to get from her car to her hotel room. The correct answer is 16 floors.