Exploring Positive and Negative Numbers

What are the two main objectives of today's lesson?

• Comparing positive and negative numbers, and solving word problems involving them

• Understanding fractions and decimals

• Studying multiplication and division

• Learning about geometry and algebra

Where are negative numbers located on the number line?

• To the left of zero

• Above zero

• Below zero

• To the right of zero

What happens to the value of negative numbers as you move further left on the number line?

• The value decreases

• The value increases

• The value remains the same

• The value becomes positive

Which is greater: 5 or -9?

• They are equal

• 5

• Cannot be determined

• -9

Which is greater: -1 or 1?

• They are equal

• 1

• -1

• Cannot be determined

Which is greater: -7 or -10?

• Cannot be determined

• -10

• They are equal

• -7

What temperature is colder: -5 degrees Celsius or -10 degrees Celsius?

• -10 degrees Celsius

• -5 degrees Celsius

• Cannot be determined

• They are equal

What temperature is colder: -1 degree Celsius or -14 degrees Celsius?

• Cannot be determined

• -14 degrees Celsius

• -1 degree Celsius

• They are equal

If Mr. Nutty lost 6 pounds, how would you represent this change?

• +6 pounds

• -6 pounds

• 0 pounds

• +6 kilograms

If the temperature dropped from 64 degrees Fahrenheit by 71 degrees, what would the new temperature be?

• 6 degrees Fahrenheit

• -6 degrees Fahrenheit

• 7 degrees Fahrenheit

• -7 degrees Fahrenheit