Question

Jamal and his dad went scuba diving. They went on a 54-foot dive, descending from a motor boat located on the Gulf of Mexico. The boat was located

at sea level.


Where on a number line would you plot a point to represent the boat's location?

Answer 1

You would plot the point representing the boat's location at 0 on the number line, since the boat was located at sea level. The number line represents a scale of values that extends infinitely in both the positive and negative directions, with 0 representing the origin or starting point. Since the boat was located at sea level, which is the starting point for this problem, it would be represented by the point 0 on the number line.