A seventh-grade class is playing the Integer Game modified to include rational numbers. Write a multiplication or division equation to answer the following questions with reference to the Integer Game. Show all of your work.
a. Tobias removes three —3.25 cards from his hand. How does this affect the overall point value of the cards in his hand? The point value of the cards in Tobias' hand will increase. The point value of the cards in Tobias' hand will decrease. b. The cards in Iman's hand had a value of 2.75, but then she added five -1.5 cards to her hand. What is the new value of the cards in her hand?