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200

(5) + (-4) 

+1

200

What happens when there is a positive and negative tile together 

They become a zero pair 

200

(-3) -(+7) 

+10

200

If you have $24 and you are in debt $54 how much money will be left in your debt 

You will have $30 left of your debt 

200

A scuba diver swam 96 feet beneath the surface of the lake. He then climbs up 49 feet. What is his depth now?

-47 feet beneath the surface

400

(-12) + (-9)

-21

400

if you are doing a subtraction question with a negative number which way do you go on the number line

RIGHT 

400

(-9) - (12)

+3

400

(-27) + (-16)

-43

400

A submarine was situated 800 feet below sea level. If it ascends 250 feet, what is its new position?

-550 feet below sea level 

600

(-26) + (13)

-13

600

if you are doing a subtraction question with a positive number which way do you go on the number line

LEFT 

600

(13) - (-21)

34

600

(32) - (-13)

45

600

If it is 5º outside and the temperature will drop -17º in the next six hours, how cold will it get?

 -12º 

800

(18) + (-47)

-29

800

What do you call the number 0

Whole Number 

800

(22) - (-19)

41

800

An elevator is on the twentieth floor. It goes down 11 floors and then up 5 floors. What floor is the elevator on now?

He is on the 6th floor

800

The average temperature at the South Pole is – 45º F. The average temperature on the Equator is 92º F. How much warmer is the average temperature on the Equator than at the South Pole?

There is a 137 degree difference  

1000

(24) + (-66)

-42

1000

If there are the same signs together in addition what do you do 

You keep the sign and add the total value 

1000

(37) - (-42)

79

1000

(12) + (-63)

-51

1000

The elevation of Mt. Everest is 29,028 feet. The elevation of the Dead Sea is –485 feet. What is the difference in the elevation between Mt. Everest and the Dead Sea?

29,513 feet difference 

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