Word Problems
The lowest elevation in Death Valley National Park is approximately -0.5 mile. What is the opposite of this elevatio?
0.5 mile
Which one is greater; -65.45 or 32.1?
32.1
A number that is greater than 0
What are Positive Numbers?
A bird flying 23.45 feet above sea level
What is 23.45 feet?
Order the rational numbers from least to greatest; 6.1, 12, 0, -3
What is -3, 0, 6.1, 12?
June is standing on a diving board 5.50 feet above the surface of the water. She then jumps into the pool that is 12.75 feet deep. If the surface of the water is 0, use rational numbers to represent this situation.
5.50 feet and -12.75 feet
Compare the rational number using > or <
0.3 _______ -0.461
0.3 > -0.461
A number that is less than 0.
What are Negative Numbers?
A profit of $ 74.08
What is $74.08
Order the rational numbers from smallest to largest; -7.43, -10.9, -5.22, and 2.56
What is -10.9, -7.43, -5.22, 2.56?
Mikey deposited $45.25 in to his bank account. The following week, he made withdrawal of the same amount.
Represent this bank transactions as rational numbers. How are they related?
$45.25 and -$45.25
They are opposites
True or False
-0.1 > -0.01
False
Numbers that have the same distance to 0 but are on different sides of 0 on a number line.
What are Opposites?
A withdrawal of $1,420.25
What is -$1,420.25?
Order the rational numbers from least to greatest; 0.16, -0.39, -0.31-0.81
What is -0.81, -0.39, -0.31, 0.16?
At the end of a card game, Lucy scored -16 points and Valerie scored -14 points. Write an inequality to compare the points that Lucy and Valerie scored.
-16 < -14 or -14 > -16
Rock Falls -4.5 degrees Fahrenheit. Beecher Creek 12 degrees Fahrenheit. Newton Canyon -1 degrees Fahrenheit.
Which place has the coldest temperature?
Rock Falls at -4.5 degrees Fahrenheit
The set of all whole numbers and their opposites?
What are Integers?
A decrease of 50 and 1/8 gallons of water.
What is -50 and 1/8 gallons?
Order from least to greatest; -0.44, -0.51, -0.47, -0.63
What is -0.63, -0.51, -0.47, -0.44?
Two integers are opposites of each other. One integer is 5 units to left of -2. What are the two integers?
-7 and 7
Compare the two fractions, which one is greater?
2/5 and 1/8
2/5
A number that can be written in the form a/b, where a and b are integers and b is not equal to 0.
What are Rational Numbers?
The opposite of a helicopter hovering at 315.0 feet above sea level.
What is -315.0 feet?
Order from least to greatest; 1/4, -1/2, 1/5, 3/4,
What is -1/2, 1/5, 1/4, 3/4?