🌡️ Real Life
The temperature is 6 degrees below zero.
What is the number?
-6
Where is −3 located on a number line?
3 spaces to the left of 0
Which is greater?
−2 or −5
-2
A temperature of 15 degrees above zero.
Positive
A negative number is less than zero.
TRUE
You owe your friend $9.
What is the number that represents what you owe?
-9
Which number is farther left?
−2 or −7
−7
Which is greater?
−7 or +1
+1
A diver is 30 feet below sea level.
Negative
Which is colder?
−3° or −10°
−10°
A submarine is 20 feet below sea level.
What is the number?
-20
Start at 0 and move 5 spaces left.
Where do you land?
-5
Which is greater?
−10 or −4
-4
You have $25 in your bank account.
Positive
Which is closer to zero?
−2 or −9
−2
An elevator is on floor −3.
What does −3 mean?
3 floors below ground/zero
Start at −4 and move 6 spaces to the right.
Where do you land?
+2
Put these in order from least to greatest:
−2, +4, −7, 0
−7, −2, 0, +4
−7, −2, 0, +4
You owe the bank $50.
Negative
A student says:
“−8 is greater than −3 because 8 is greater than 3.”
Are they correct? Explain.
No. −3 is greater because it is farther right on the number line.
A hiker is 12 feet above sea level, while a cave is 8 feet below sea level.
What numbers represent their locations?
+12 and −8
Which number is closest to zero?
−8, −3, −6
-3
Put these in order from greatest to least:
−1, −8, +3, −4
+3, −1, −4, −8
A bird is 10 feet above sea level, while a fish is 10 feet below sea level.
Bird = +10
Fish = −10
Create a real-world situation that could be represented by:
−15
Answers could include 15° below zero, $15 owed, 15 feet below sea level, floor −15, etc.