Lesson 12

Negative Rates

Problem 1

Describe a situation where each of the following quantities might be useful.

  1. -20 gallons per hour
  2. -10 feet per minute
  3. -0.1 kilograms per second

Solution

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Problem 2

A submarine is only allowed to change its depth by rising toward the surface in 60-meter stages. It starts off at -340 meters.

  1. At what depth is it after:

    1. 1 stage
    2. 2 stages
    3. 4 stages
  2. How many stages will it take to return to the surface?

Solution

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Problem 3

Some boats were traveling up and down a river. A satellite recorded the movements of several boats.

  1. A motor boat traveled -3.4 miles per hour for 0.75 hours. How far did it go?
  2. A tugboat traveled -1.5 miles in 0.3 hours. What was its velocity?
  3. What do you think that negative distances and velocities could mean in this situation?

Solution

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Problem 4

  1. A cookie recipe uses 3 cups of flour to make 15 cookies. How many cookies can you make with this recipe with 4 cups of flour? (Assume you have enough of the other ingredients.)
  2. A teacher uses 36 centimeters of tape to hang up 9 student projects. At that rate, how much tape would the teacher need to hang up 10 student projects?

Solution

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(From Unit 4, Lesson 3.)

Problem 5

Evaluate each expression. When the answer is not a whole number, write your answer as a fraction.

  1. \(\text-4 \boldcdot \text-6\)
  2. \(\text-24 \boldcdot \frac {\text{-}7}{6}\)
  3. \(4 \div \text-6\)
  4. \(\frac43 \div \text-24\)

Solution

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(From Unit 5, Lesson 11.)