What is the product of –5 and –8?
Which point on the number line represents the product ?

Laurie was scuba diving. Each time she dove 5 feet deeper, she would stop and clear her ears. Each time that this totaled 20 feet deeper, she would stop and check her instruments to make sure they were working properly. After Laurie had checked her instruments 3 times, she was at her maximum depth. Which expression best represents Laurie’s maximum depth?




How is the product of 3 and –2 shown using integer tiles?




Yan is climbing down a ladder. Each time he descends 4 rungs on the ladder, he stops to see how much farther he has to go. If Yan made 8 stops with no extra steps, which expression best shows another way to write the product of the number of ladder rungs that Yan climbed?




How is the product of 3 and 2 shown on a number line?




Bobby’s football team received four five-yard penalties in the first quarter, which meant his team lost yardage in their progress toward the goal line. If the team started at the 45-yard line and ended at the 25-yard line, what was the change in their progression down the field as a result of these penalties?
How is the product of 2 and –5 shown on a number line?




Which shows two expressions that are equivalent to ?





At 4 p.m., the temperature started to change drastically. Each hour, for three hours, the temperature decreased by 7°F. Which expression best shows another way to write the product for the temperature change?




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