Interpreting Negative Numbers (Temperature and Elevation)

The temperature at midnight is -1^oC.

By 9am the temperature had gone up by 4^oC.

What is the temperature now?

• -5^oC

• 3^oC

• 5^oC

• 4^oC

The temperature at midnight is -3^oC.

By 9am the temperature had gone up by 8^oC.

What is the temperature now?

• -11^oC

• -3^oC

• 5^oC

• 4^oC

The temperature at midnight is -7^oC.

By 9am the temperature had gone up by 7^oC.

What is the temperature now?

• -1^oC

• 0^oC

• 1^oC

• -14^oC

The temperature at midnight is -6^oC.

By 9am the temperature had gone up by 4^oC.

What is the temperature now?

• -10^oC

• 2^oC

• -2^oC

• 10^oC

Which integer represents "14 degrees below freezing"?

• -14

• +14

In Buffalo, New York, the temperature was -10°F in the afternoon. If the temperature dropped 5°F, what is the temperature now?

• -5°F

• -15°F

• 5°F

• 15°F

Write an integer that represents an elevation of 25 feet below sea level.

• 25

• - 25

• 0

• - 2.5

30°F degrees below 0°F degrees

• 30°F

• -30°F

• 0°F

On a certain day, the temperature changed at a rate of -2 degrees per hour. How long did it take for the total change in temperature to be -14 degrees?

• 7 hours

• 5 hours

• -7 hours

• -5 hours

At 2:30 PM the temperature in Ember lane is -15 degrees , later at 7:30 in the same place the temperature is -23 degrees . How much did the temperature decrease ?

• -7 degrees

• 8 degrees

• -8 degrees

• 2 degrees