Interpreting Negative Numbers on the Number Line

What does zero represent on the number line?

• The highest positive number

• The boundary between positive and negative numbers

• An undefined value

• The lowest negative number

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6A

If you withdraw money from your bank account, how is it represented?

• As a positive number

• As a negative number

• Cannot be determined

• As zero

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CCSS.6.NS.C.5

What does a positive bank account balance indicate?

• None of the above

• You owe money to the bank

• The bank owes you money

• Your account is closed

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CCSS.6.NS.C.5

In a game, if you gain 12 points, how is it represented?

• -12

• 0

• +12

• Cannot be represented

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CCSS.6.NS.C.5

If the temperature rises from -11.5 to 9.375 degrees, it is now:

• Below zero

• Above zero

• Exactly at zero

• Unchanged

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7A

CCSS.6.NS.C.7B

What does a negative number indicate when talking about sea level?

• At sea level

• Above sea level

• Unrelated to sea level

• Below sea level

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CCSS.6.NS.C.5

What does year 0 represent in Gabe's timeline?

• The year he was born

• An irrelevant year

• 20 years before he was born

• 5 years after he was born

Where is the blue dot located if it represents -6 on a number line?

• Between 0 and -4

• Between -4 and -8

• Cannot be determined

• At the exact middle of 0

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6C

On a vertical number line, where is -12 located?

• Above 0

• Below 0

• At 0

• Cannot be determined

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6C

Moving the dot to 10 on a number line divided by fives places it:

• Two spaces to the left of 0

• Directly on 0

• Two spaces to the right of 0

• Cannot be determined

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CCSS.2.MD.B.6

CCSS.1.NBT.C.4