Question

Answer all three questions for full credit

Hailey made up a game for her math project. It is similar to the Integer Game; however, in addition to integers, there are cards that contain other rational numbers such as −0.5 and −0.25. Write a multiplication or division equation to represent each problem below. Show all related work.

1. Hailey discards three −0.25 cards from her hand. How does this affect the overall point value of her hand? Write an equation to model this situation.

2.Rodrick and Keylin are playing the game with Hailey. After Rodrick doubles his hand’s value, he has a total of −14.5 points. What was his hand’s value before he doubled it?

3. Keylin has four −0.5 cards. What is her total score?

Answer 1

1) x - -0.25 2)-14.5/2 3)-0.5 tx 4

Explanation:

1. x minus negative 0.25

2. -14.5 /2

3. Multipy -0.5 and 4