Bertha and vernon are competing in a diving competition. bertha's dive ended -28 m from the starting platform. vernon's dive ended -4 m from the starting platform. how many times farther was the end of bertha's dive than the end of vernon's dive?
a.
-7
b.
-24
c.
7
d.
24

It would be C . You can figure it out by seeing how many times -4 goes into -28, which is 7 times. If you're not sure whether it is negative or positive then you could either use a calculator to check or remember this rule a negative times a negative is a positive which means your answer would have been 28 not -28.