HOMEWORK MASTERS H-17

1.6 Homework
Skills MyMathLab
First complete the MyMathLab homework online. Then work the two exercises to check
your understanding.

1. Simplify: -  -15 

2. The parking garage of a hotel is two floors below the lobby. Indicate the location of
the parking garage in relation to the lobby using a signed number.

Concepts and Applications

Complete the problems to practice applying the skills and concepts learned in the
section.
3. The following descriptions do not use negative numbers, but each has a positive or
negative meaning. Determine whether the meaning is positive or negative. If it is
negative, write it using a negative number.
a. $10,000 in debt

b. 400 BC

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4. The following situations contain negative numbers used in real-life situations.

Interpret what each one means.
a. -20 rushing yards in a football game

b. Stock market performance for the day: -120.62 points

5. Use the graphic to determine which model of iPhone generated the greatest percent
change in stock value within 30 days of Apple’s announcement of the phone.

Apple Stock Reaction to iPhone Announcements

iPhone 5C/5S -3.3

-2.3

iPhone 5 -4.7
1.4

iPhone 4S 7.6
-0.6

iPhone 4 1.1
-2.0

iPhone 3GS -5.1

-0.6

iPhone 3G -6.1
-2.2

iPhone 1 0.8
8.3

-8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10
Percent

Stock % change day of announcement

Stock % change 30 days after announcement

Data from www.forbes.com

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6. Graph the following numbers on the number line provided. Make a dot at the appro-
priate location and write the number above it.

2 -16
4.5, -2, , -6.7,
3 5

-10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

7. As we move to the right on a number line, the numbers increase. If two numbers are
graphed on a number line, the larger one is on the right. Graph each pair of numbers
and then circle the larger one. In the box, between the numbers, write 7 or 6 .

1 2
a. 6 6
4 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

b. -3 -4
-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0

c. -5 -5.2
-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0

d. -5 -4.8
-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0

8. One student says -5 is bigger than -4 and uses money as the analogy: “If I owe $5,
I have a bigger debt than if I owe $4.” What is wrong with this argument?

9. Looking Forward, Looking Back

a. What is the opposite of 7?

b. What is the opposite of your result from part a?

c. So the opposite of the opposite of 7 is . That is, - ( -7) = .

d. Generalize this: For any number a, - ( -a) = .

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