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Cross zero in two parts - Online practice 1

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Temperature starts at -9 degrees Celsius and rises to 4. Later it falls by 7 degrees from that second temperature. Use a labelled number line. A position and a change are different: the rise is not the final temperature.

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  1. How large is the rise from -9 to 4?
  2. After 4 falls by 7 degrees, what is the temperature?
  3. Is -9 greater or less than zero, and why is its distance from zero positive?

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