Lesson 8 Adding Negative Numbers

The sum of -29 and -64 is....

$$-6\frac{3}{10}$$  as a decimal is.... 

 $26\frac{1}{4}$  as a decimal is....

 $-12\frac{3}{5}$  as a decimal is....

 $5\frac{3}{4}$  as a decimal is.... 

$$What\ is\ -4\frac{7}{10}\ +9.2?\$$  Express your answer as a mixed number. 

$$-45.3$$  is greater than or less than  $$-54.3$$  

$$-5.3$$  is greater than or less than  $$-3.3$$  

Is  $\left(-78.1\right)+52.3$   greater than or less than  $35.7+\left(-71.8\right)$  ?

The height of Tyson's lemongrass plant is  $35\frac{1}{4}$  in. Tyson changes the plant's height by  $-15\frac{1}{2}$  in. when he cuts its stalks to use in her grandmother's recipe for Vietnamese Lemongrass Chicken. Not long after, the plant's growth changes its height by  $4\frac{3}{4}$  in.