Ordering & Comparing Rational Numbers & Absolute Value

Which one of the situations below represents a negative situation?

• You earn $45 for mowing the neighbors lawn.

• The temperature on Jupiter is 145 degrees Celsius below zero.

• In a board game, your team gains 12 points.

• Water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Marc deposited $175 in a new back account.

After buying some furniture, he was overdrawn by $55.

Select all the statements below that are true about the Marc's scenario.

• To start, Marc had a negative balance.

• In this situation, 0 represents an empty bank account.

• When Marc was overdrawn, he had a negative balance.

• After buying furniture, Marc had a positive balance.

• The lowest balance in the account was - $55.

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Why are the numbers -7 and 7 opposites?

• Because one has a negative and the other doesn't.

• Because they are both 7s.

• Because they have the same distance from 0.

• Because they are both integers.

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List the integers from least to greatest: -9, -3, 0, -7, 5

• -9, -7, -3, 0, 5

• -9, -3, -7, 0, 5

• 5, 0, -3, -7, -9

• -7, -9, 0, -3, 5

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Order the decimals from least to greatest: 1.5, 15, 8.5, -10.2, -12.3

• 15, 8.5, 1.5, -10.2, -12.3

• -10.2, -12.3, 1.5, 8.5, 15

• -12.3, -10.2, 1.5, 8.5, 15

• 15, 8.5, -10.2, -12.3, 1.5

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Order the rational numbers from least to greatest: 150%, 3.2, 25/5, -3 1/4, -6.5

• 150%, 25/5, -3 1/4, 3.2, -6.5

• -6.5, -3 1/4, 25/5, 3.2, 150%

• -6.5, -3 1/4, 150%, 3.2, 25/5

• 25/5, 3.2, 150%, -3 1/4, -6.5

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Miles, Sam, Laney, and Ella each walked from their houses to the mall.

Miles walked 4/5 of a mile,

Sam walked 2/3 of a mile,

Laney walked 1/2 of a mile, and

Ella Walked 7/8 of a mile.

Order the people based on who walked the furthest to least furthest.

• Ella, Miles, Laney, Sam

• Sam, Laney, Miles, Ella

• Ella, Miles, Sam, Laney

• Laney, Miles, Sam, Ella

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What is the absolute value of -10.1?

• -10.1

• 10.1

• 0

• other

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What is the absolute value of 7 1/8?

• 0

• -7 1/8

• 7 1/8

• other

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What inequality should be used to compare the absolute value of the two rational numbers? $\left|-4.5\right|\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \left|-3\right|$  

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