What? Negatives?
Everyone knows negatives are used in math, but have
you ever thought where else it can be used? In this
PPT, we will find where we can use negatives
throughout the world. It can be found in maps
(coordinates and sea level heights), debit cards and
overdrawing, in the stock market, temperatures, and
the time left on your iPod when you are in the middle
of “Baby” or “Boyfriend”.
Maps with Negatives
One of the places where you can find Negatives is on maps,
to be more specific, coordinates. If you are researching
for a Absolute location of a place, you can notice some
coordinates have negatives in them.
Another place where you could find negatives in maps is
finding sea level heights in different lands and mountains
(wait… Mountains and negatives?). If you were looking at
China’s sea level, you would find something. It is −154 m
above sea level on its lowest point (154 meters below sea
level).
Latitude & Longitude
Latitude & Longitude is used when sailing, and captains of
the ship use this to track where they are. To have a
negative amount for Latitude, you have to go south,
towards Antarctica. To have a negative value for longitude,
you have to go west. For example, Minneapolis, MN is
around 45.5 latitude, and about -93.3 longitude.
X and Y axis
You can find X and Y axis negatives throughout math, in
graphing formulas. To have a negative value of X axis, the
X axis value has to go to the left. To have a negative value
of Y axis, your value has to go to down. If you have two
points on the X axis, you know that the Y axis value must
be a negative.
I’M BANKRUPTING!
Negatives can also be found on your debit card. If you
borrow money from the bank, there will be a negative
balance. If you want to buy a chocolate bar but you forgot
your money and credit card, you will borrow 2 dollars
from the bank and get $-2 balance. Then there is interest,
but that is another thing, though it will add more more
money to your negative.
Another way to find negatives in money is by overdrawing,
no matter if its in banks or in your lunch card, it will
always be an important part.
Stock Market
When you are working in a stock market, positive profit is
the best, but sometimes you also have negative profit.
Negative profit happens when you are losing money,
caused by buying high stocks, but selling it for a lower
price you have bought it with. Sometimes investing in a
company that is about to be bankrupt, will cause you to
have negative profit, and your company’s value will go
down as well.
Conclusion
All of this information shows that negatives are really
important in our lives, and that there are many purposes
for negatives as shown in our presentation. Negatives are
found coordinates and sea level heights to track down
information on mountains etc. Also found on debit cards
and overdrawing balances. Also an important role in in
the stock market, and can be found on the weather report
temperatures. Negatives is a huge role in your life.