Question

can someone explain this??

Which of the following could be represented by -8?

A. a drop of 8 meters
B. 8 T-shirts
C.sea level in 8 places of the world
D. 8'C above zero

Answer 1

they want you to think about when it makes sense to use a *negative* number.

Answer 2

oh

Answer 3

so would A. be correct? because it seems negative to me

Answer 4

yes, A makes sense. we can think of a "drop" as negative (lower) than where we started

Answer 5

i know like a drop? the reason i also chose D was because Celsius is a type of degrees different the fahrenheint

Answer 6

we count shirts using positive numbers

Answer 7

people often think of sea-level as "zero altitude"
and places are above (or sometimes below) sea-level. so sea-level is more like zero than a negative number

Answer 8

8º *above* zero sounds like a positive number. if it said 8 degrees *below* zero, that would be negative.

Answer 9

so A. is still correct right?