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Positive and Negative Numbers
Accentuate the Negative: Investigations 1.1 & 1.2
Name: ______________________________________________________ Period: ________
For questions 1-4, describe a sequence of five correct or incorrect answers that would
produce each Math Fever score. Write a number sentence for each. Possible point values
are 50, 100, 150, 200, and 250.
1. Smarty Pants: 300
2. Super Brains: -250
3. Mathletes: -200
4. Pi: 0
5. Which numbers are listed from least to greatest?
A. 300, 0, -200, -250
B. -250, -200, 0, 300
C. 0, -200, -250, 300
D. -200, -250, 300, 0
For questions 6-7, find each Math Fever team’s score. Then, write a number sentence for
each team. Assume each team is starting with 0 points.
6.
7.
Total Score: __________
Total Score: __________
Number Sentence: ______________________
Number Sentence: __________________
8. Plot and label each rational number on the number line:
1
,
2
-1.25, −
6
2, 4.5, -5.5
9. Order the numbers from least to greatest: 23.6, -45.2, 50, -0.5, 0.3,
3 -4
,
5 5
For questions 10 – 18, insert <, >, or = to make each statement true.
10. 3
13. -75
11. -23.4
0
-
16. -1.73
90
-
1.730
14.
1
2
17. -300
23.4
0.5
100
12. -4
-
4.0
15. -1,000
18. 46
-
999
-
79
For questions 19-20, identify which number is further from +1. Explain your reasoning.
19. -7 or +3 _______________________________________________________________
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20. -10 or +11 _______________________________________________________________
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For questions 21-23, identify the number that’s halfway between each pair of numbers. (You
may want to draw a number line)
21. -23 and +23
22. -9 and +10
23. +20 and -10