A thermometer in Grand Forks, North Dakota, reads -4.5 °F in January. The temperature on the same day in February has the same absolute value as the temperature in January but is not the same temperature. What is the temperature in February?
4.5
Is this a true statement?
Explain
−0.8 < | -8/ 10|
No. They both equal 8/10. But one is negative. The absolute value is always positive.
What is the magnitude of -65?
65
Find the sum of 1.50 and 0.25.
1.75
Darrel has 36 daisies and 54 roses. He wants to put an equal number of daisies and roses into vases. What is the GREATEST number of daisies and roses Darrel can put in each vase?
18
The absolute value of "-125" is...
What is 125? Absolute value is the distance from zero; so that means "-125" is 125 PLACES from zero.
Ms. Franco has 64 pencils and 48 erasers. She wants to put an equal number of pencils and erasers into boxes for her students. What is the GREATEST number of pencils or erasers Ms. Franco can put in each box?
16
Find the product of 3/6 and 6/8?
What is 18/48? Bonus point if you simplified 3/8!