New Orleans is 2 meters below sea level. Baton Rouge is 17 meters above sea level. How much higher is Baton Rouge than New Orleans?
19 meters
What is the sum of a number and its opposite?
0
Mrs. Loomis went out to shovel snow off the driveway and noticed the temperature was 18° F. Yesterday, when she shoveled snow off the driveway it was 20° F cooler. What was the temperature yesterday when Mrs. Loomis shoveled the driveway?
-2 degrees
-1.32 + (-8.9)
-10.22
The highest elevation in a country is on a mountain 1232 meters above sea level, while the lowest elevation in the country is 27 meters below sea level. What is the difference between the elevations?
1259
A piece of equipment for an oil rig is designed to function in temperatures as low as −30° Celsius and as high as 105° Celsius. What is the temperature range that this equipment is designed to operate in?
135° C
Lake Middle School is playing Ocean Middle School in football. Lake Middle gained six yards on the first play and eight yards on the second play. Then lost nine yards on the third play. What was the total yards gained or lost?
5 yards
The warmest five consecutive days in Vladivostok, Russia, during March were −17°C, 1°C, −12°C, −9°C, and −2°C. Which list has the temperatures in order from coldest to warmest?
−17°C, −12°C, −9°C, −2°C, 1°C
Order these integers from least to greatest: 17, 1, 6, 9, 13, 0, 21, 3.
13, 6, 1, 0, 3, 9, 17, 21
If −2 is added to any number, the result is always......even, less than the original number, greater than the original number, or a positive number?
less than the original number
If −3 is subtracted from any number, the result is always....a negative number, less than the original number, greater than the original number, or a prime number?
greater than the original number
A bungee jumper dives off a bridge 114 meters above a river. Before the bungee stops her fall, she plunges 3 meters into the river. How long was her fall?
117 meters
-3/8 + 1 3/5 =
49/40
1.8 - 2.08 =
-0.28
-5.9 - (-3.8) =
-2.1
