13 ft below sea level.....0 is sea level....so 13 feet below 0 is -13 <==
20 problems.....100/20 = 5 points per problem....so if the student got an 80%, then they missed 4 problems and correctly answered 16 <==
opposite of - |-7|.....- |-7| = - 7.....the opposite would be 7 <==