SCCS (add & Subt) Integers

Which if the following is a False Statement?

• The opposite of a negative number is the same as its absolute value.
• The sum of two negative integers is always negative.
• The opposite of a negative number is the opposite of its absolute value.  
• The sum of a negative integer and a positive integer is the same sign as the integer with the largest absolute value.

Find the difference
| –12 | – | 8 |

• 4
• -4
• 30
• -20

Evaluate the expression.
|–5| + 8

• 3
• 13
• -13
• -3

Evaluate the expression.
|–4| + 7 – |3|

• 14
• 8
• -8
• 0

Which statement is true?

• The absolute value of 3 is -3
• The opposite of 7 is 7
• The absolute value of 5 is equal to the opposite of 5
• The opposite of -4 is equal to the absolute value of -4

Is absolute value always positive?

• yes
• no

|7| = _____

• 7
• -7

|-4| = _____

• 4
• -4

| 5-7 | = _____

• 2
• -2
• 12
• -12

| 3+4 | = _____

• 7
• -7
• 1
• -1