Comparing Rational Numbers
The numbers below represent items above and below sea level. Which item is the furthest from sea level?
plane: 5432 ft.
A whale swimming in the ocean: - 350 ft.
The captain of ship: 14 ft.
A scuba diver: -20 ft.
What is: the plane flying at 5432 ft.?
An integer that represents "56 meters below sea level".
What is "-56"?
April and Peter went out to dinner. April got a call from her bank that she had -34 dollars in her account. What does this mean in context of her bank account?
What is April overdrew her bank account by 34 dollars and owes the bank 34 dollars?
Carlee owes her father $8. Write this number as an integer.
What is -$8?
Use an inequality sign to compare these two numbers: -12 and -5
What is -12 < -5 or -5 > -12?
Kenny lives 15 miles east of the school and Laura lives 15 miles west of the school. Who lives further from the school?
An integer to represent "a deposit of fifty dollars."
What is "+50"?
At 2:00 am the temperature in Ancorage Alaska is -12 degrees. At 2:00 pm, the temperature is the opposite of -12 degrees Fahrenheit. What is the temperature at 2:00 pm?
What is 12 degrees Fahrenheit?
Jack had $11 in his pocket. After he stopped at the candy store, he had $4 in his pocket. Jack spent $_____ in the candy store.
What is $7?
Two integers whose absolute value is 14...
What is -14 and 14?
What is the opposite of -45?
What is 45?
Out of this list, name the number that is NOT an integer: 25, 0, -25, 0.25
What is 0.25? Since the other numbers are whole numbers they would represent integers. 0.25 is a decimal is it is more of a rational number.
Daniel wrote some numbers on the board as shown below:
|-15|, |29.7|, 23.9, -27.9
Which value is farthest from 0 on the number line?
What is |29.7|?
Drew put his game piece on START. On his first turn, he moves his game piece ahead 7 spaces. On his second turn, Drew moves his game piece back 4 spaces. How many spaces away from START is his game piece now?
What is 3 spaces from START?
Write an inequality statement for the following numbers: -2/5 and -0.75
What is -0.75 < -2/5 or -2/5 > -0.75?
Point A is located at -9.9 and point B is located at -3.7, Kimberly stated that point A > B. Is she correct? Explain.
What is: Kimberly is incorrect, point B is to the right of Point A, therefore it has a greater value?
A mountain peak is 1200 ft. above the surface of the water. at the base of the mountain there is a house on a small cliff, it is located at 45 ft. above the surface of the water. There is a person in a canoe located at 0 ft. above the surface of the water. What does the person located in the canoe at 0 ft. mean in this situation?
What is: it represents the person in the canoe is located at sea level, which is 0 ft?
Salmon swimming up the river travel 2 feet under water. Suppose one salmon darts 3 feet up and out of the water. How far out of the water did the salmon jump?
What is 5 feet?
Put these rational numbers in order from least to greatest? 10, -2.65, 0, -1/4, 0.50, 2/3
What is -2.65, -1/4, 0, 0.50, 2/3, 10.
A scuba diver is sitting on the side of a boat which is 6 ft. above sea level, he leans back and falls into the water, then descends to 40 feet below sea level to view a coral reef. Describe this situation using words, and pictures.
What is: The scuba diver is 6 feet above sea level and falls into the water to sea level or 0, then the diver descends to -40 feet, which is below sea level to view a coral reef?
Explain this expression "-|-25|"
What is the opposite of the absolute value of -25? So your final value would be -25 :)
There are 2 mountain climbers. Mountain climber A is at 56 ft above sea level, and Mountain climber B is at 35 ft above sea level. Write two inequalities comparing their positions.
What is: 56 > 35 and 35 < 56?
Ellie had no money left in her lunch account, yet she ate four lunches that cost $3 each. After sending her account into the negative, her mom paid $10 into her lunch account. What was Ellie's final account balance?
What is -$2?