Integers

Which of the following statements is true about |-5|?

• |-5| represents a negative number
• |-5| represents the distance from -5 to 0 on a number line
• |-5| represents the opposite of 5
• |-5| represents the negative distance from 5 to 0 on a number line

Absolute value of 11 is?

• -11
• 11

What is the opposite of -3?

• 3
• 0
• -1/3
• 1/3

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

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

Is absolute value always positive?

• yes
• no

Which situation could the integer -50 represent?

• An increase of $50 in a bank account
• The temperature on a warm spring day
• The distance driven on the way to the beach
• A decrease of 50 employees

-5 > -7 because. . . 

• -5 is to the left of -7 on number line
• -7 is greater than -5 
• -5 is to the right of -7 on the number line
• -7 is to the right of -5 on the number line

Order this set of integers from least to greatest:

8, 0, -1, 1, -3

• -1, -3, 0, 1, 8

• 0, 1, 8, -1, -3

• -3, -1, 0, 1, 8

• -3, -1, 8, 1, 0

Compare:  -9  ?  -1

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