Copyright © Swun Math Grade 6 Unit 2 Lesson 2 P HW
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Homework
Unit 2 Lesson 2: Rational Numbers: Elevation
Directions: Read each description and write the associated rational number.
Example: The submarine dove 943 feet below sea level.
What is the opposite
elevation?
1. The restaurant was built 68 feet above sea level.
Draw a visual model to represent this expression.
-943
943
Steps:
1. Read the description.
2. Draw a vertical number line (if one
is not given). Place a point at the
location above, below, or at zero as
indicated in the description.
3. Determine if the rational number
is positive or negative, depending
on its relationship to 0.
2. The school was built 92 feet above sea level.
What is the opposite elevation?
3. The diver dove 95 feet below sea level.
Draw a visual model to represent this expression.
-943 submarine
0 sea level
Copyright © Swun Math Grade 6 Unit 2 Lesson 2 P HW
Homework
Unit 2 Lesson 2: Rational Numbers: Elevation
4. Death Valley’s Badwater Basin, located in California, is the lowest point
of elevation in North America, at 282 feet below sea level. Write this
nu
mber as a rational numb
er.
5. A bird flew 1500 feet above sea level.
What is the opposite elevation?
6. The runner liked to train 40 feet below sea level.
Draw a visual model to represent this ex
pression.
7. A monkey climbed 50 yards up a tree. What is the monkey’s elevation?