Vocabulary
Positive vs. Negative
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What does it mean?
Jobs & Careers
100

Used to represent a numerical value or fingers and toes.

What is a DIGIT?

100

This type of value is greater than zero.

What is a POSITIVE VALUE?

100

The sum of 5 and negative 2.

What is THREE?

100

The value is negative. This means you owe money.

What is DEBT?

100

This profession calculates earnings, expenses, and financial balances, sometimes using both positive and negative numbers.

What is an ACCOUNTANT?

200

A method or arrangement used to count or group numbers.

What is a COUNTING SYSTEM?

200

This type of value is less than zero.

What is a NEGATIVE VALUE?

200

The difference of negative 3 and 7

What is NEGATIVE TEN?

200

The value is negative. This means the temperature is below zero.

What is FREEZING/COLD?

200

This job requires measuring elevation changes, such as determining how high or low land is compared to sea level.

What is a SURVEYOR?

300

Ancient Civilization who used a Base-60 system.

Who are the BABYLONIANS?

300

A type of attitude that focuses on the good side of things.

What is a POSITIVE ATTITUDE?

300

The sum of negative 8 and negative 4.

What is NEGATIVE TWELVE?

300

The value is positive. This means you have money available in your bank account.

What is a positive BALANCE?

300

This person monitors weather patterns, like cold fronts and heat waves, which involve temperature changes above and below zero.

What is a METEOROLOGIST?

400

The symbols we use to count and measure quantities, like 1, 2, and 3.

What are NUMBERS?

400

A financial state where you owe more money than you have.

What is a NEGATIVE BALANCE?

400

The difference of 6 and negative 2

What is EIGHT?

400

The value is negative. This means the elevation is below sea level.

What is UNDERWATER or IN A VALLEY?

400

This job involves trading stocks, where gains are positive values and losses are negative values.

What is a STOCKBROKER?

500

The point on a number line that separates positive and negative values.

What is ZERO?

500

A charge, force, or voltage that moves electrons away from an object.

What is a NEGATIVE CHARGE?

500

The sum of negative 10, positive 15, and negative 3.

What is TWO?

500

The value is negative. In a profit report, this means the business has lost money.

What is a LOSS or DEFICIT? ("IN THE RED")

500

This person navigates flight paths and altitudes, using positive and negative numbers for elevation and direction.

What is a PILOT?