Unit 2 Integer Operations Vocabulary

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number line

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helps visualize positive and negative numbers

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positive numbers

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numbers that are greater than zero

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negative numbers

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numbers that are less than zero

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0 - zero

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neither positive nor negative

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opposites

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two numbers that are the same distance from 0 on the number line

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integers

Back

all whole numbers and their opposites, including 0

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absolute value

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a number's distance from 0 on the number line - represented as | x |

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adding

Back

means to combine

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zero pair

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when a positive integer counter is combined with a negative integer counter, it results in what's called a zero pair

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subtracting

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equivalent to adding the opposite