Integers and Absolute Value

Integers and Absolute Value

January 12, 2021

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What is an Integer?

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What is Absolute Value?

An Integer is a whole number and it's opposites, including zero.

Learning Target: TWBAT identify integers in a real world situation and find the absolute value of the integer.

• CFM

• use keywords to identify integers as positive or negative 

• understand that absolute value is the distance from zero

• understand that absolute value is always positive

Absolute Value is the distance a number is from zero, it is always positive.

Identify the following as descriptions of positive integers or negative integers.

Multiple Select

Below Sea Level

• Positive

• Negative

Multiple Select

Above Sea Level

• Positive

• Negative

Multiple Select

A credit to your account

• Positive

• Negative

Multiple Select

A gain of yards

• Positive

• Negative

Multiple Select

A loss of 10 yards

• Positive

• Negative

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There was a credit of $600 to my account. What integer represents the money in my account?

Multiple Choice

Najee Harris gain 6 yards on the play at second down. What integer represents Najee's yards

• +6

• -6

Multiple Select

The city of New Orleans is 2 feet below seal level. Which integer represents NO sea level?

• +2

• -2

Multiple Select

What is the absolute value of

 $\left|6\right|$  ?

• 6

• -6

Multiple Choice

What is the absolute value of

 $\left|-2\right|$  ?

• 2

• -2

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Is Absolute value ever negative? Why not?

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The answer is 25 degrees. Did you get your answer correct? Why did you not get your answer correct? What mistake did you make?

The temperature outside was 25 degrees below freezing point. What is the absolute value of the temperature?

• What should we do first?

• After Identifying the integer what should we do?

• Now, Let's try it again!

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