Understanding Positive and Negative Numbers

What are signed numbers?

• Only positive numbers

• Only negative numbers

• Both positive and negative numbers

• Numbers without signs

What are temperatures above 0 considered as?

• Negative

• Positive

• Zero

• Neutral

What does 30°C represent on the thermometer?

• 30 degrees below 0°C

• 30 degrees above 0°C

• 0 degrees

• 60 degrees above 0°C

What is the importance of understanding positive and negative numbers?

• To know the color of numbers

• To solve problems involving direction and distance from 0

• To memorize numbers

• To ignore numbers

Which number is its own opposite?

• 1

• -1

• 0

• 10

What is the opposite of 0?

• 0

• 1

• -1

• 10

Which of the following is not an opposite number pair?

• 2 and -2

• 4 and -4

• 5 and 5

• 6 and -6

In which direction is -6 from 0 on the number line?

• - Left

• - Right

• - Up

• - Down

Two numbers that are the same distance from 0 but on different sides of 0 are called what?

• - Opposite numbers

• - Equal numbers

• - Same numbers

• - Different numbers

If a card shows 0, where should it be placed on the number line?

• - At 0

• - To the left of 0

• - To the right of 0

• - At 1