Do Now for the week of 10-1-18 (Absolute Value)

Evaluate the expression.
|–5| + 8

• 3
• 13
• -13
• -3

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

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

Which absolute value is least?

• l-9l
• l-2l
• l1l
• l4l

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7

CCSS.6.NS.C.8

What is the greatest number?

• 2
• -5
• l-3l
• -3

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6

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The absolute value of -3 is the distance between:

• 3 and -3 on the number line
• -3 and 0 on the number line
• 1 and 3 on the number line
• 1 and -3 on the number line

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

Evaluate the expression.
|–5| + 8

• 3
• 13
• -13
• -3

Compare|-5| to the |-10|

• |-5| > |-10|
• |-5| = |-10|
• |-5| < |-10|

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

Is absolute value always positive?

• yes
• no

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

l - 4 l  + l -1 l

• 5
• 3
• 4
• -5

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

What is the reason that absolute value is always written as a positive?

• Absolute value is talking about numbers so it must be positive.
• Absolute value does not always have to be positive.
• Absolute value is like a clock it has only positive numbers.
• Absolute value is talking about distance, distance is always measured by positive numbers.

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C