Negative Numbers

What number is the closest to zero on a number line?

• -2

• -10

• -50

• -6

What number is the greatest? Hint: Draw a number line.

• -8

• -4

• -1

Which shows the numbers ordered from least to greatest?

• -5, -4, -1, 0

• 0, -5, -4, -1

• 0, -1, -4, -5

Which of these is the positive number?

• 2

• 0

• -14

What do you call numbers that are less than zero and located to the left of zero on the number line?

• positive numbers
• negative numbers
• integers
• signed numbers

The left side of this number line is:

• Positive.

• Negative.

• Neither positive nor negative.

What integers are less than 0? 

• Negative numbers 
• no numbers are less than 0 
• all numbers 
• positive numbers 

Which integer represents 50 degrees below zero?

• 50

• 0

• -25

• -50

I. You deposit (add) $25 in your bank account.

II. A football team gains 25 yards in a game.

III. The temperature falls 25 degrees.

The integer 25 would BEST represent which of these events?

• I only

• III only

• I and II only

• II and II only

At midnight, the temperature was 34°F. By 6:00 a.m. it had dropped 8°, and by noon it had increased by 11°. What was the temperature at noon?

• 35°F

• 37°F

• 39°F

• 41°F