Evaluate your spatial and reasoning skills with this medium-level direction test quiz. Practice interpreting movement scenarios, understand relative positions, and enhance your directional awareness with real-world inspired questions.
John starts facing North, turns 90 degrees to his right, walks 10 meters, then turns left and walks 5 meters. What direction is he ultimately facing?
Explanation: John starts facing North and turns right, which puts him facing East. Turning left from East makes him face North again, but since the left turn is made after walking, he still ends up facing East before the last move. The distractors North and South ignore the right turn, while West confuses right with left.
A person walks 15 meters North, then turns left and walks 12 meters. How far and in which direction is he now from his starting point?
Explanation: After moving North, a left turn means West, and the person walks 12 meters that way, making his position 12 meters West of his Northerly route. The other options misinterpret the turns: North-East is incorrect because no diagonal was traveled, while South and South-West suggest incorrect direction changes.
Sarah is facing East, turns 90 degrees to her left, then 180 degrees to her right. Which direction is she facing now?
Explanation: Starting East, a 90-degree left turn faces North. A 180-degree right turn from North faces South. West and North are incorrect as they ignore the cumulative effect of the two turns, and East suggests she didn't turn at all.
If you are currently facing South-West, which direction is directly opposite to you?
Explanation: The opposite direction to South-West is North-East, as they are diagonal counterparts. South-East and North-West are perpendicular rather than opposite, and South-West is the same as the current direction, not opposite.
Anita walks 8 meters East, then 6 meters North. What is the shortest distance between her final position and the starting point?
Explanation: Using the Pythagorean theorem: sqrt(8^2 + 6^2) equals 10 meters. Fourteen meters is the total distance walked, not the direct line. Eight and seven meters incorrectly consider only one leg or a miscalculated diagonal.