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Back to Tutor Intake Assessment: Understand that positive and negative numbers describe quantities having opposite directions or values

6.NS.C.5 Tutor Intake -- Positive and Negative Numbers

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Grade 6·9 problems·~12 min·Common Core Math - Grade 6·standard·6-ns-c-5
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A

Concepts

1

A diving board is 55 ft above the water, and a diver at the pool
bottom is 1010 ft below the water. What do these two numbers have
in common?

2

What does 0°C0\degree C (zero degrees Celsius) represent?

3

In an elevation context, what real-world reference point does
00 represent? Answer in one or two words.

B

Procedures

1

Working in Fahrenheit temperature (not Celsius), what does
0°F0\degree F represent?

2

Write the signed number for: "The ocean floor is 850850 m below
sea level." Enter as a signed number (e.g., -850).

3

A bank balance reads −$30-\text{\char"0024}30. In plain English, this means the
account holder   ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲   $30.

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