Interpreting negative numbers

In a board game, negative number cards represent moving backward and positive number cards represent moving forward. For example, Nuha drew a card with 4 and moved forward 4 spaces.
Raha draws a card with 0.

What does 0 represent in the board game?

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The freezing point of water is 0^{\circ}C. Scientists use positive numbers to show temperatures above the freezing point of water and negative numbers to show temperatures below the freezing point of water.
Snowy’s Dessert Cart keeps the ice in their snow cones at a temperature of -15^{\circ}C.
What does -15^{\circ}C represent in this situation?

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Last month, John lost money by selling stocks. His investment income was -$525.
This month, John’s investment income is $163. What does this mean?

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A bank uses positive numbers to represent deposits and negative numbers to represent withdrawals.
How would a bank represent a withdrawal of 19.43 dollars?

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Credit card companies use negative balances to represent when the credit card company owes the customer money and positive balances to represent when the customer owes the credit card company money.
Sneha has a balance of 0 dollars with her credit card company.
What does a balance of 0 dollar represent?

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Last month, Seth made money by selling stocks. His investment income was $401.
This month, Seth’s investment income is -$261. What does this mean?

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Geographers use negative numbers to represent points below sea level and positive numbers to represent points above sea level.
How would geographers represent a point 7\frac{1}{4} meters above sea level?

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Geographers use negative numbers to represent points below sea level and positive numbers to represent points above sea level. For example, the lowest point in Minnesota is at -17.3 meters, and the highest point is at 14.1 meters.
What does 0 meters represent?

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This morning, Romain noticed that the temperature was below zero when the temperature was -11\frac{1}{2} degrees.
It’s afternoon now, and the temperature is 9\frac{3}{8} degrees. What does this mean?

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A theme park uses positive numbers to represent when a roller coaster is above ground and negative numbers to represent when a roller coaster is below ground.
How would the theme park represent a roller coaster that is 3 meter below the ground?

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Jonas is planning out his route for an upcoming race. He uses negative numbers to represent points before the finish line and positive numbers to represent points after the finish line.
On Jonas’s map, there is a bridge at -91\frac{3}{4} meters, and his wife is watching him at14\frac{1}{2} meters.
What does 0 meter represent?

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Kalpana is rescuing a hiker. On Kalpana’s GPS tracker, positive numbers represent the elevations of hikers above her and negative numbers represent the elevations of hikers below her.
From Kalpana’s current position, the hiker she is rescuing is at -371 m.
Which of the following statements is true?

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Last month, Claire’s bank statement said that she overdrew her account. Her bank balance was -45.32 euros.
This month, Claire’s bank balance is 17.92 euros. What does this mean?

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Divers use positive numbers to represent the height of the diving board and negative numbers to represent the depth of a dive.
How would divers represent a dive with a depth of 4\frac{3}{4} meters?

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A chameleon is looking for prey. Let positive numbers represent the elevation of prey above the chameleon and negative numbers represent the elevation of prey below the chameleon.
The chameleon spots a fly at 4 m and grasshopper at -6 m.
What does an elevation of 0 m represent in this situation?

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Last month, Luiza’s bank statement said that she had money in her account. Her bank balance was 109.32 rubles.
This month, Luiza’s bank balance is -87.12 rubles.
What does this mean?

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Canasta is a card game where negative numbers represent losing points and positive numbers represent gaining points.
How would losing 15 points be represented?

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In a board game, negative number cards represent moving backward and positive number cards represent moving forward. For example, Dimitri drew a card with -3 and moved backward 3 spaces.
Stan draws a card with 0.
What does 0 represent in the board game?

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Eric is swimming along the surface of the sea. He uses positive numbers to represent elevations above the surface of the sea and negative numbers to represents depths under the surface of the sea.
Mark is sitting on the deck of a ship above Eric, and Ariel is diving beneath Eric.
What could be at an elevation of -3 m?

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A little while ago, a dolphin was swimming below sea level at -7 meters.
Now the dolphin is jumping at 0.5 meters. What does this mean?

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Canasta is a card game where negative numbers represent losing points and positive numbers represent gaining points.
How would gaining 12 points be represented?

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The elevation of a city is positive if the city is above sea level and negative if below sea level.
The elevation of New Orleans is $-0.3$m.
What does an elevation of $-0.3\text{m represent in this situation?}$

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A bank uses positive numbers to represent deposits and negative numbers to represent withdrawals.
How would a bank represent a deposit of 126.40 dollars?

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Gabe is mapping out important family events. He uses negative numbers to represent time before he was born and positive numbers to represent time after he was born. For example, Gabe’s mom was given a special coin in year −20, and Gabe’s sister was born in year 5.
What does year 0 represent?

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The freezing point of water is 0^{\circ}C Scientists use positive numbers to show temperatures above the freezing point of water and negative numbers to show temperatures below the freezing point of water.
The temperature of Mia’s iced coffee is -4^{\circ}C.
What does -4^{\circ}C represent in this situation?

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Carl is planning out his route for an upcoming race. He uses negative numbers to represent points before the finish line and positive numbers to represent points past the finish line.
On Carl’s map, the last water station is at -27\frac{1}{4} meters, and his family is watching him at 9\frac{1}{2} meters.
What does 0 meter represent?

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Geographers use negative numbers to represent points below sea level and positive numbers to represent points above sea level. For example, the lowest point in Minnesota is at -17.3 meters, and highest point is at 14.1 meters.
What does 0 meter represent?

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