Question

A puppet show crew uses a timer that includes both negative and positive minutes for before and during the play. If it takes the crew 40 minutes to assemble the box stage, 13 minutes to organize the sock puppets, and 10 minutes to greet the children, what time should the timer read when they begin?

–63 minutes
–17 minutes
0 minutes
53 minutes

Answer 1

-63

Explanation:

The time before the play are negative and the tmes during the play are positive

assembly = 40 min

organising the puppets = 13 min

greeting children = 10 min

All the above are done before the actual start of the play so they will be recorded in negative minutes

Total time:

(-40) + (-13) + (-10)

= - 40 - 13 - 10

= -63

Answer 2

63 minutes

Explanation:

40+13+10 = 63