Mathematics Grade 8 15 min

Rational numbers: find the sign

Rational numbers: find the sign

What you'll learn

  • Identify whether a rational number is positive, negative, or zero based on its written form (fraction, decimal, integer) with 80% accuracy.
  • Explain, using examples, why the quotient of two integers with the same sign is positive, and why the quotient of two integers with different signs is negative.
  • Determine the correct sign (+ or -) of the result when multiplying or dividing two rational numbers (including fractions and decimals) and justify the answer using the rules of signs with 75% accuracy.
  • Solve problems involving ordering rational numbers using their signs to assist in ordering them, on a number line with 70% accuracy.

Tutorial Preview

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What is the sign of (-8) × (-2)?

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What is the sign of 15 ÷ (-3)?

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What is the sign of (-2) × 5 × (-4)?

Sample Practice Questions

Easy
What is the sign of (-5) × (-3)?
0.Positive
1.Negative
Easy
What is the sign of 10 ÷ 2?
0.Positive
1.Negative
Easy
What is the sign of (-6) × 4?
0.Positive
1.Negative

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Rational numbers: find the sign is a Grade 8 Mathematics lesson on ExcelOS.

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You'll be able to: Identify whether a rational number is positive, negative, or zero based on its written form (fraction, decimal, integer) with 80% accuracy; Explain, using examples, why the quotient of two integers with the same sign is….

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