The purpose of this task is for students to solve a mathematical problem using points in the coordinate plane. This task also helps lay the foundation for understanding operations on signed numbers without formally introducing those notions, which are not expected until 7th grade (see 7.NS.1).
Theresa Ann Lane Haggard is around 56 years old. She was 33 in 1993 when she married Merle, who was 56 then (born April 6, 1937). She was his 5th wife.
Lane and her father lived in a number of residential hotels in New York City and she rode with him in his taxi. When Lane was 15, she declared her independence from her father and flew to Los Angeles for a week with actor and friend Christopher Atkins.