Rational Numbers
The absolute value of ∣−51/6∣
What is 51/6?
-16 + (-11).
What is -27?
-1.6 + (-2.4).
What is -4?
-12 - (-27).
What is 15?
3.8 - (-7.45)
What is 11.25?
The greater value between −∣1.7∣ and −1.7
What is equal?
-15 + 5.
What is -10?
9/10 + (-4/5) in simplest form.
What is 1/10?
-18 - 7.
What is -25?
33/4 - 7/8
What is 27/8?
Order the values from least to greatest:
8, |3|, -5, |-2|, -2
What is -5, -2, |-2|, |3|, 8?
-2 + (-7) + 15.
What is 6?
-45/9 + 8/9 in simplest form.
-16 - (-5).
What is -11?
The distance between -13/4 and 21/4 on a number line.
What is 4?
Your friend is in Death Valley, California, at an elevation of −282 feet. You are near the Mississippi River in Illinois at an elevation of 279 feet. Who is closer to sea level?
Who is you?
During the first play of a football game, you lose 3 yards. You gain 7 yards during the second play. What is your total gain of yards for these two plays?
What is 4 yards?
The sum of -4 + 62/5 + (-2.7)
What is -0.3 or -3/10?
Your score on a game show is −300. You answer the final question incorrectly, so you lose 400 points. What is your final score?
What is -700 points?
A turtle is 205/6 inches below the surface of a pond. It dives to a depth of 321/4 inches. What is the change in the turtle’s position?
What is -115/12 inches?
Give values for a and b so that a < b and ∣ a ∣ > ∣ b ∣ .
HINT: There is more than one possible value for each variable!
a= -5 and b= 4
Other answers are possible!
The table below shows the income and expenses for a school carnival. Th e school’s goal was to raise $1100. Did the school reach its goal? Explain.
Games: $650
Concessions: $530
Donations: $52
Flyers: -$28
Decorations: -$75
Yes; 650 + 530 + 52 + (-28) + (-75) = $1,129.
Th e table at below shows the water level (in inches) of a reservoir for three months compared to the yearly average. Is the water level for the three-month period greater than or less than the yearly average? Explain.
June: -21/8
July: 11/4
August: -7/8
What is less than? The sum of the three months of differences is negative.
In one month, you earn $16 for mowing the lawn, $15 for babysitting, and $20 for allowance. You spend $12 at the movie theater. How much more money do you need to buy a $45 video game?
What is $6?
You map several locations in your home town using a coordinate plane in which each unit represents 1 mile. Your school is at (−5, 7), your friend’s apartment is at (2, −1), and your apartment is at (2, 7). Is your apartment closer to school or your friend’s apartment?
What is school?