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Common Core Standard 6.NS.C.5 Questions

Understand that positive and negative numbers are used together to describe quantities having opposite directions or values (e.g., temperature above/below zero, elevation above/below sea level, credits/debits, positive/negative electric charge); use positive and negative numbers to represent quantities in real-world contexts, explaining the meaning of 0 in each situation.

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Grade 6 Positive and Negative Numbers CCSS: 6.NS.C.5
Choose all the situations that can be described with a negative number.
  1. The Titanic rests at a depth of about 12,000 ft.
  2. The temperature of the photosphere of the Sun is approximately 5,505 degrees Celsius.
  3. The height of the Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taiwan is 1,671 feet.
  4. The average high temperature in Antarctica in January is 15 degrees below zero.
  5. The world record for the deepest scuba dive is 1,083 feet.
Grade 6 Positive and Negative Numbers CCSS: 6.NS.C.5
Between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Issac recorded +30°F as the change in temperature. Which best describes the change in temperature?
  1. The temperature was 30°F at 4:00 p.m.
  2. The temperature was -30°F at 4:00 p.m.
  3. The temperature increased 30°F by 4:00 p.m.
  4. The temperature decreased 30°F by 4:00 p.m.
Grade 6 Positive and Negative Numbers CCSS: 6.NS.C.5
Grade 6 Positive and Negative Numbers CCSS: 6.NS.C.5
Grade 6 Positive and Negative Numbers CCSS: 6.NS.C.5
Grade 6 Positive and Negative Numbers CCSS: 6.NS.C.5
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