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Bridging: Negative Numbers

1. (a) If +100 represents 100 m above sea level,

then 20 m below sea level is represented by _____.

(b) If −30 represents a loss of $30 on the sale of an item,

then a profit of $50 is represented by _____.

(c) If +25 represents a distance of 25 km north of point P,

then a distance of 43 km south of point P is represented by _____.

(d) If +2 represents a lift moving up by 2 levels,

then a lift moving down by 5 levels is represented by _____.

2. Fill in the blanks with > or <.

(a) 3 _____ −3 (b) −5 _____ −2

3. Evaluate each of the following without the use of calculator.

(a) 12 − 19 (b) −5 + 9

(c) −12 + 7 (d) −6 − 2

(e) 6 + (−11) (f) −4 − (−11)

(g) 3 − (−8) − 12 (h) −11 − (−9) + 17

4. Evaluate each of the following without the use of calculator.

(a) 5 × (−9) (b) −4 × (−6)

(c) 56 ÷ (−8) (d) −100 ÷ (−25) × (−7)

60 −72
(e) (f)
−15 −24

5. Evaluate each of the following without the use of calculator.

(a) −6 − [−7 + (−4)] (b) [−5 + (−12)] + [−9 − (−14)]

(c) (−2)3 + 7 × (5 − 11) (d) 62 ÷ [−25 + (−4)2 ]

3 2
(e) (−4) × (−3 − 5)2 ÷ (−2)2 (f) (√27 − 7) ÷ 8 − √121
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