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100

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100

47 X 0    =       ______

0

100

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100

0➗47  =    ______

N/A can't divide by zero
200

A climber is descending from a mountain. After 2 hours, he is at an altitude of 800 feet. After 6 hours, he is at an altitude of 400 feet. What is the average rate of change?

-100 ft per hour

200

3 * -12 =    ______

-36

200

A scuba diver was 2 feet above sea level on a boat. He jumped off the boat and descended a total of 18 feet.

a) Which equation can be used to find the scuba diver’s new elevation?

A. 2 + 18

B. –2 + 18

C. 2 + (–18)

D. –2 — 18


b) Find the scuba driver’s new elevation using your expression from part a)

a)  C

b) -16 ft

200

(-6)(-6)=    ______

36

300

A helicopter was hovering at an altitude of 135 feet above sea level. The landing pad is located in a valley 15 feet below sea level. What is the distance from the helicopter to the landing pad? Show your work.

150 ft from the landing pad

300

|-22|- (-3) = ______

25

300

a) -12 degrees

b) Monday was 62 degrees

300

|-73| + 5=    ______

78

400

The temperature in Chicago last weekend was -4F⋄ at 2:00 AM and 44F⋄ at 2:00 PM.

a) What is the change in temperature?  Show your work

b)Assuming the temperature changes at the same rate from 2:00 AM to 2:00 PM, what is the temperature rate of change? Show your work.

a) 44 degrees

b) 4 degrees per hour

400

(47)(-1)     =     ______


-47

400

Answers will vary

400

-7 X -6=    ______

42

500

Denver is 5,280 feet above sea level, and the Dead Sea is -1,410 feet below sea level How much higher is Denver than the Dead Sea? Draw a number line to model your answer.

6690 ft

500

(-132) ➗11=     ______

-12

500

Ann opened a savings account with $100; she is saving for a new laptop that costs $600. She has been saving $20 for the past four weeks. 

  1. How much more money does Ann need to save to buy a new laptop?

  2. Assuming that she will continue saving $25 every week. How many more weeks will it take to save the $600? Show your work.  Round to the nearest tenth.

1. 420 dollars more

2. 16.8 weeks

500

-45➗-5  =      ______

9