IM: 7.5.1: Interpreting Negative Numbers (Lesson)
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12 questions
1.1: Using the Thermometer
Here is a weather thermometer. Three of the numbers have been left off.
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What numbers go in the boxes?
What numbers go in the boxes?
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What temperature does the thermometer show?
_______°C
1.2: Fractions of a Degree
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What temperature is shown on each thermometer?
A: _______°C
B: _______°C
C: _______°C
D: _______°C
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Which thermometer shows the highest temperature?
Which thermometer shows the highest temperature?
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Which thermometer shows the lowest temperature?
Which thermometer shows the lowest temperature?
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Suppose the temperature outside is -4°C. Is that colder or warmer than the coldest temperature shown? How do you know?
Suppose the temperature outside is -4°C. Is that colder or warmer than the coldest temperature shown? How do you know?
1.3: Seagulls Soar, Sharks Swim
Here is a picture of some sea animals. The number line on the left shows the vertical position of each animal above or below sea level, in meters.
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How far above or below sea level is each animal? Measure to their eye level.
How far above or below sea level is each animal? Measure to their eye level.
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A mobula ray is 3 meters above the surface of the ocean. How does its vertical position compare to the height or depth of: - The jumping dolphin?
- The flying seagull?
- The octopus?
A mobula ray is 3 meters above the surface of the ocean. How does its vertical position compare to the height or depth of:
- The jumping dolphin?
- The flying seagull?
- The octopus?
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An albatross is 5 meters above the surface of the ocean. How does its vertical position compare to the height or depth of: - The jumping dolphin?
- The flying seagull?
- The octopus?
An albatross is 5 meters above the surface of the ocean. How does its vertical position compare to the height or depth of:
- The jumping dolphin?
- The flying seagull?
- The octopus?
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A clownfish is 2 meters below the surface of the ocean. How does its vertical position compare to the height or depth of: - The jumping dolphin?
- The flying seagull?
- The octopus?
A clownfish is 2 meters below the surface of the ocean. How does its vertical position compare to the height or depth of:
- The jumping dolphin?
- The flying seagull?
- The octopus?
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The vertical distance of a new dolphin from the dolphin in the picture is 3 meters. What is its distance from the surface of the ocean?
The vertical distance of a new dolphin from the dolphin in the picture is 3 meters. What is its distance from the surface of the ocean?
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The north pole is in the middle of the ocean. A person at sea level at the north pole would be 3,949 miles from the center of Earth. The sea floor below the north pole is at an elevation of approximately -2.7 miles. The elevation of the south pole is about 1.7 miles. How far is a person standing on the south pole from a submarine at the sea floor below the north pole?
The north pole is in the middle of the ocean. A person at sea level at the north pole would be 3,949 miles from the center of Earth. The sea floor below the north pole is at an elevation of approximately -2.7 miles. The elevation of the south pole is about 1.7 miles. How far is a person standing on the south pole from a submarine at the sea floor below the north pole?
1.4: Card Sort: Rational Numbers