Absolute Value

What's a way to define absolute value?

• The value of a number
• The opposite of a number
• The distance of a number from zero
• The multiplicative inverse of a number

When you add opposites, what do you get?

• 0
• A negative number
• Attraction
• You cannot add opposites

What is the opposite of -3?

• 3
• 0
• -1/3
• 1/3

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6A

Darrel is currently 20 feet below sea level. Which correctly describes the opposite of Darrel's elevation?

• 20 feet below sea level
• 20 feet above sea level
• 2 feet below sea level
• At sea level

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6A

Which has the same absolute value as -55?

• 0
• -1
• 1
• 55

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

Boston has a temperature of -20 degrees. It is colder in New York than in Boston. Select the value that could represent the temperature of New York

• 0
• 30
• -30
• -19

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7A

CCSS.6.NS.C.7B

What is the distance between -8 and its opposite?

• 8
• -8
• 16
• -16

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6A

What is the opposite of zero?

• 1
• -1
• 0

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6A

Which shows the integers in order from greatest to least?

• 20,6,-2,-13
• -2,6,-13,20
• -13,-2,6,20
• 20,-13,6,-2

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7A

CCSS.6.NS.C.7B

Is absolute value always positive?

• yes
• no

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C