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Common Core Standard 7.NS.A.1a Questions

Describe situations in which opposite quantities combine to make 0. For example, a hydrogen atom has 0 charge because its two constituents are oppositely charged.

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Grade 7 Positive and Negative Numbers CCSS: 7.NS.A.1, 7.NS.A.1a
Which statement best describes a situation in which opposite quantities combine to make zero?
  1. Shawna made 8 cups of soup and divided the soup into 8 containers.
  2. Melanie deposited $10 in her savings account and then withdrew $10 from the account.
  3. Peter scored 2 goals in the first period of a hockey game and 2 goals in the second period.
  4. Marcos missed 4 questions on a test in which each question was worth 4 points.
Grade 7 Absolute Value CCSS: 7.NS.A.1, 7.NS.A.1a
The absolute value of 12 is -12.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 7 Positive and Negative Numbers CCSS: 7.NS.A.1, 7.NS.A.1a
The opposite of -13 is 13.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 7 Positive and Negative Numbers CCSS: 7.NS.A.1, 7.NS.A.1a
If you were to place a point at zero on the number line and then move the point 312 units to the right, how many units and in what direction would you have to move the point in order to bring it back to zero?
Number Line -5 to 5
  1. 0 units in either direction
  2. 312 units to the right
  3. 212 units to the left
  4. 312 units to the left
Grade 7 Positive and Negative Numbers CCSS: 7.NS.A.1, 7.NS.A.1a, 7.NS.A.1b
What number do you get when you add 872 to -872?
  1. 1744
  2. -872
  3. -1744
  4. 0
Grade 7 Positive and Negative Numbers CCSS: 7.NS.A.1, 7.NS.A.1a
A lifeboat is being loaded with people as a cargo ship is sinking. If the lifeboat isn't balanced, it will tip. If there is 170 pounds of supplies and four 140 pound passengers on the left side of the boat, which of the combinations of passengers and supplies need to be placed on the right side of the boat in order for it to be balanced?
  1. 170 pounds of supplies and four 140 pound passengers
  2. 140 pounds of supplies and four 170 pound passengers
  3. two 150 pound passengers and 320 pounds of supplies
  4. 15 pounds of supplies and two 350 pounds lions
Grade 7 Positive and Negative Numbers CCSS: 7.NS.A.1, 7.NS.A.1a
Which of the numbers below would balance out -14-13-5, resulting in a total of 0?
  1. +14-13+5
  2. +14+13+5
  3. -14-13+5
  4. +14+13-5
Grade 7 Positive and Negative Numbers CCSS: 7.NS.A.1, 7.NS.A.1a
A man decides to go for a bike ride around his town. If he starts at his house and rides for 9.3 miles away from home, how many miles and in what direction will he have to ride in order to get back home again?
  1. 9.3 miles towards his home
  2. 9.3 miles away from his home
  3. 18.6 miles away from his home
  4. 18.6 miles towards his home
Grade 7 Positive and Negative Numbers CCSS: 7.NS.A.1, 7.NS.A.1a
Which of the numbers below would balance out -3-42, resulting in a total of 0?
  1. -3+42
  2. 42+3
  3. 42-3
  4. -42+3

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