Evaluating expressions with variables (word problems) 9/6

When multiplying or dividing a NEGATIVE and a POSITIVE number, your result will be...

• Positive
• Negative
• The sign of the larger absolute value
• The sign of the smaller absolute value

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CCSS.7.NS.A.2A

CCSS.7.NS.A.2B

Which of the following has a negative product?

• -7 ⋅ (-9)
• 6(-2)(-11)
• 8 × 5
• -4(12)

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CCSS.7.NS.A.2A

CCSS.7.NS.A.2B

Suppose you start walking from the school and travel three blocks east, then six blocks west, then eleven blocks east again.
How far are and in which direction are you from the school?

• 20 West
• 8 East
• 20 East
• 8 West

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Each month Chuck’s phone company charges a flat fee of $12 plus $0.05 per minute. His bill for last month was $18. How many minutes did Chuck talk on the phone last month?

• 120
• 100
• 350
• 600

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4A

The temperature on a cold winter day starts out at 10 degrees, but it drops rapidly 24 degrees due to a strong cold front moving in.  What is the current temperature?

• 14
• 34
• -14
• -34

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CCSS.7.NS.A.3

 Erika sold half of her comic books and then bought sixteen more. She now has 36. How many did she begin with?

• 36
• 40
• 20
• 10

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4A

A sprinkler was -8 feet below ground level. Mr. S has a machine that digs - 2 feet at a time. How many digs does he need to make in order to reach the sprinkler?

• 4
• -4
• 16
• -16

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CCSS.7.NS.A.3

Suppose $700 is being deducted each month to pay the mortgage. After six months, how much money has been taken out of the pay for the mortgage?

• $4200
• $-4,200
• $116.66
• $-166.66

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Jose receives $6 every week for doing chores at home. Jose spends $2.50 every week & saves the rest.        
  How many full weeks will it take Jose to save enough money to purchase the football ticket that cost $56?

• 9
• 7
• 8
• 10

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Stone Mountain, is 1,686 feet above sea level. Lake Lanier’s lowest depth is 160 feet below sea level.  What is the difference between these two elevations?

• 1526
• -1526
• 1846
• -1846

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C