Question

shymel deposits $50 into his bank account. What numerical value represents the change to his bank account

Answer 1

+ 50

Explanation:

The question requires you to understand how negative and positive numbers are used to represent real-world situations. In the area of currency, a deposit, a gain, above and a credit are taken as positive where as the word below, debit, loss, fee and withdraw are taken as negative.

For example;

• A deposit of $100 is : +100
• A fee of $4 is : -4
• A withdraw of $30 is : -30
• Loss of $87 is : -87
• A gain of $75 is : +75