Question

Would each situation be represented by a positive or a negative number?
Column A Column B
1.
A number of pizzas have been ordered, and 0.25 of all of the pizzas have been eaten. Express the amount of pizza remaining.
2.
$2.50 per week has been earned for w weeks. Express the amount of money earned.
3.
A town’s population, p, decreased by 4.5%. Express the change in the population.
4.
A credit card account has 3 charges of $42 and no payments. Express the balance of the credit card.
A.
positive
B.
negative

Answer 1

Anything that has to do with adding, earning, gaining etc. will use positive numbers.

Anything of the opposite such as subtracting, losing, taking away etc. will use negative numbers.

Answer 2

ill help

Answer 3

1 2 3 4 are positive