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Negative Numbers Worded Problems

1) The documents contain word problems involving negative numbers and addition/subtraction. 2) The problems ask the reader to determine differences in temperatures, scores in games, bank account balances, and how to plot negative numbers on a number line. 3) Solving the problems requires understanding that negative numbers are less than zero and must be plotted to the left of zero on a number line.

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Negative Numbers Worded Problems

1) The documents contain word problems involving negative numbers and addition/subtraction. 2) The problems ask the reader to determine differences in temperatures, scores in games, bank account balances, and how to plot negative numbers on a number line. 3) Solving the problems requires understanding that negative numbers are less than zero and must be plotted to the left of zero on a number line.

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Negative numbers worded problems

The temperature at 3:00 PM was 15 degrees. The temperature at the top of Afton Mountain
At midnight the temperature was -2 degrees. was 9 degrees at 5:00 PM. At 4:00 AM the
What's the difference between those two next morning the temperature had dropped to
temperatures? -3. What is the difference between those two
temperatures?
a. 13 degrees a. 6 degrees
b. 17 degrees b. -12 degrees
c. 19 degrees c. 12 degrees
d. 10 degrees d. 3 degrees

Drew was playing cards with Oscar. In the Logan scored 20 points in a card game he was
first round he earned 52 points. In the second playing. In the next hand, he lost 12 points.
round he lost 20 points. How would you write Which one shows this as an addition problem?
this as an addition problem?
a. 52 + 20 a. -20 + (12)
b. -52 + -20 b. 20 + (-12)
c. 52 + -20 c. 20 + (12)
d. -52 + 20 d. 12 + (-20)

In a card game, Hailey had 27 points and Libby had a balance of $59 in her checking
Clodagh had -4 points. What's the difference account. She made a deposit of $39 and wrote
between their scores? two checks for $17 and $28. Her bank charged
her with a $4 service fee. How much money
does Libby have now?
a. 23 a. $49
b. -23 b. $39
c. 31 c. $29
d. -31 d. $59

Alivia wants to plot −8 and −9 on a number line. Lilly needs to plot the numbers −8 and −5 on
Which statement is true? a number line. Which statement describes how
Lilly should plot the two points?
a. Alivia should plot −8 to the left of −9 a. Both numbers should be plotted to the right
because −8 < −9. of 0. −8 should be plotted to the right of −5.
b. Alivia should plot −8 to the left of −9 b. Both numbers should be plotted to the right
because −8 > −9. of 0. −5 should be plotted to the right of −8.
c. Alivia should plot −9 to the left of −8 c. Both numbers should be plotted to the left
because −9 < −8. of 0. −8 should be plotted to the right of −5.
d. Alivia should plot −9 to the left of −8 d. Both numbers should be plotted to the left
because −9 > −8. of 0. −5 should be plotted to the right of −8.

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