Comparing and Ordering Integers

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What is an integer?

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An integer is a whole number that can be positive, negative, or zero.

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How do you represent a hike down a mountain in integers?

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A hike down a mountain is represented by a negative integer, for example, -100 feet.

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Order the integers from least to greatest: 4, -4, -2, 2, -8.

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-8, -4, -2, 2, 4.

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What are opposite integers?

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Opposite integers are two integers that are the same distance from zero on a number line but on opposite sides.

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How do you know that 5 and -5 are opposites?

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They are the same distance from 0 and on opposite sides of 0.

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Order the numbers from least to greatest: -1, 3, -5, -7.

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-7, -5, -1, 3.

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Order the integers from greatest to least: 3, -4, 6.

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6, 3, -4.

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What is the absolute value of an integer?

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The absolute value of an integer is its distance from zero on the number line, regardless of direction.

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How do you compare two integers?

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You compare two integers by determining which is further from zero or by their position on the number line.

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What does it mean to order integers?

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To order integers means to arrange them in a specific sequence, either from least to greatest or greatest to least.