Addition
The morning temperature in St. Paul was – 9˚ and by noon had rose 10˚. What is the new temperature?
1˚
Dan owes his mom $123. His dad pays him $55.75 for raking leaves. He gives the money to his mom. What is his current debt?
–$67.25
There was 1/2 a cake left over from a family birthday party. The next day Ethan ate 3/4 of what was left over. How much of the whole cake did Ethan eat?
3/8 of the cake
Dan shared $38.49 with his three best friends. How much did he give each friend?
$12.83
|–4.6 + 2| = 2.6 would be read as this.
What is " the absolute value of the sum of negative 4.6 and 2 is equal to 2.6"
A submarine was 119 meters below sea level. It then rose 100 meters. What is the current elevation of the submarine?
–19 meters
Find the difference between –3 7/8 and – 4 1/2.
5/8
Dan pays 3/10 of the full price for his new pair of shoes. The shoes were $100. How much did Dan pay?
$30
Bette lost 12.65 pounds in 5 weeks. Write her average weekly weight loss as an rational number.
–2.53 pounds
–(–3)ˆ5 would be read as this.
What is "opposite negative three to the fifth power."
Dan measured the temperature for five consecutive days. The temperatures were –1˚, –4˚, –10˚, 2˚ and –2˚. What was the total of the temperatures?
– 15˚
Sam digs a hole 5.89 meters deep and Sarah digs a hole 16.8 meters deep. What is the differences in the depths of the holes?
10.91 meters
Ben earns $12.50 an hour at 3 am. How much money does he earn is he works 27 1/2 hours?
$343.75
Andy is splitting 9 3/4 dozen cookies among himself and 8 people. How many cookies will each person get?
13 cookies
√25 = 5 would be read as this.
What is "square root of 25 is equal to 5"
John owes his dad $10.50 and his mom $12.35. What is his total debt?
– $22.85
At dawn the temperature on the summit of a mountain was –26˚ F. By noon, the temperature had increase to – 12˚F. By how many degrees did the temperature increase?
14˚ F
Will loses 5/6 points twice. What rational number represents his total loss?
– 2 2/3 or –5/3
Doug has 23 3/4 yards of fabric. One costume uses 4 3/4 yards. How many costumes can he make?
The fraction 1/3 written as a decimal is a ____________ decimal.
Repeating decimal
The rainfall for the month of November was 2 1/2 inches below average. Then it rained 3 3/4 inches. How many inches above average is the rainfall total?
1 1/4 inches
Frank has two favorite fractions; – 1/8 and –3/4. What is the difference between these two numbers.
5/8
Diane loses 9 2/3 points on five different games. Find the total loss in points.
–48 1/3 points
The golfer scores –2, 0, –4, –2, 11 and 3 on six rounds of golf. Find his average score.
1
What does it mean when you enter 7÷0 in the calculator and the calculator reads "divide by zero error"?
What is the value of 7 ÷ 0 is not a rational number.