IM 7.5.12 Practice: Negative Rates
Describe a situation where each of the following quantities might be useful.
gallons per hour
feet per minute
kilograms per second
A submarine is only allowed to change its depth by rising toward the surface in 60-meter stages. It starts off at -340 meters.
At what depth is it after 1 stage?
At what depth is it after 2 stages?
At what depth is it after 4 stages?
How many stages will it take to return to the surface?
Some boats were traveling up and down a river. A satellite recorded the movements of several boats.
A motor boat traveled -3.4 miles per hour for 0.75 hours. How far did it go?
A tugboat traveled -1.5 miles in 0.3 hours. What was its velocity?
What do you think that negative distances and velocities could mean in this situation?
A cookie recipe uses 3 cups of flour to make 15 cookies. How many cookies can you make with this recipe with 4 cups of flour? (Assume you have enough of the other ingredients.)
A teacher uses 36 centimeters of tape to hang up 9 student projects. At that rate, how much tape would the teacher need to hang up 10 student projects?