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100

Find the sum. -66+42

-24

100

Subtract. -6 - (-4)

-2

100

-7 * 12

-84

100

What is the decimal equivalent the rational number -60/22

-2.72 repeating

100

The temperature was 8 degrees F. It dropped so that the temperature was 0 degrees F. What was the change in temperature?

-8 degrees

200

12/13 + (-1/13)

11/13

200

Find the difference. -72 - (-151)

79

200

(5) * (-9) * (-2)

90

200

Find each quotient. -25/5

-5

200

It was 12 degrees C when Preston got home from school. The weather report shows a storm front moving in that will drop the temperature by 17 degrees C. What is the expected temperature?

-5 degrees C

300

-50 1/2 + (-12.3)

-62.8

300

-0.35 - (-0.25)

-0.10

300

-5.3 * (-2.6)

13.78

300

Find the quotient. -18/3

-6

300

A scuba diver descends 63 feet in 18 seconds. What integers represents the change in the diver's position in feet per second?

3.5 feet per second

400

When Tom simplified the expression -2.6 + (-5.4), he got 2.8. What mistake did Tom likely make?

He subtracted instead of adding. Both numbers are negative, therefore the answer is -8

400

DAILY DOUBLE!

What is the value of the expression -13.2-(-8.1)?

-5.1

400

-1 5/6 * 6 1/2

-143/12

400

-0.5 / (-3/13)

13/6

400

An elevator descends 36 feet in 3 seconds. What integer represents the elevator's change in elevation in feet per a second?

-12 feet per second.

500

A plastic toy submarine is held 15 centimeters below the water surface in a bath tub. The submarine is let go and rises 15 centimeters. What integer represents the toy submarine's position with respect to the surface of the water?

0 (surface level)

500

The temperature in the late afternoon was -7.5 degrees C. It dropped 5 degrees by early evening and then dropped another 8.5 degrees by midnight. What was the temperature at midnight?

-21 degrees C

500

Ming incorrectly says that this product is 4/63.

-(-4/9) * (-1/7)

a. what is the correct product?

b. what error could Ming have made?

a. -4/63

b. Ming forgot about the negative sign on the outside (three negatives make the answer negative)

500

Simplify the complex fraction.

-3/5 / 2 1/4

-4/15
500

DAILY DOUBLE!

A scuba diver is swimming at a depth of -46 feet, and then swims 0.5 foot toward the surface every 3 seconds. What is the location of the scuba diver, relative to the surface, after 15 seconds.

-43.5 feet

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