- Which statement about negative numbers is NOT true? * A. A negative number is always less than its opposite.
B. Negative numbers are less than postive numbers.
C. Negative numbers are located to the left of zero on a number line.
D. The absolute value of a negative number is negative.

Which of the following transformations does not preserve congruence? * 5 points a. (x, y) → (y − 3, x − 3) b. (x, y) → (x + 5, y − 1) c. (x, y) → (y + 9, −x + 2) d. (x, y) → (3x + 1, 3y − 2)

Simonne used the following steps to simplify the given expression. 12 - 3(-2x + 4) step 1: 12 + (–3)·(–2x) + (–3)·(4) step 2: 12 + 6x + (–12) step 3: 12 + (–12) + 6x step 4: 0 + 6x step 5: 6x what property of real numbers was used to transition from step 3 to step 4? a. identity property of addition b. inverse property of addition c. associative property of addition d. commutative property of addition

Ateacher noticed 5/8 of the students were wearing either blue shorts or white shorts. write two different ways this could be done.