Absolute Value and Ordering Numbers

Absolute value is

• a number's distance from zero
• the opposite of an opposite
• can be negative or positive

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Which temperature is warmer -6⁰ or -9⁰?

• -9⁰
• 9⁰
• -6⁰
• 6⁰

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Simplify |-2| =

• -2
• 2
• 1/2
• -1/2

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Which statement correctly explains why   | ̶ 8 | ≠  ̶ 8
  

• Negative numbers do not have absolute value.
• | ̶ 8| and  ̶ 8 are equal
• The absolute value of any number can never be negative.
• The absolute value of any negative number is zero.

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 ̶ 9 is greater than  ̶ 5 because 9 is greater than 5.

• True
• False

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5 is greater than  ̶ 5 because 5 is located to the right of  ̶ 5 on the number line.

• True
• False

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- 3 is less than 7 because  ̶ 3 is located to the right of 7 on the number line.

• True
• False

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Order from least to greatest:  4˚F,  -2 ˚F,  1˚F, 2½˚F,  -1.5˚F,  0.5˚F, -3.5˚F

• -3.5˚F, -2 ˚F, 4˚F, 1˚F, 2½˚F,  -1.5˚F,  0.5˚F
• 2½˚F, 4˚F,  -2 ˚F,  1˚F, -1.5˚F, -3.5˚F, 0.5˚F 
• -3.5˚F, -2 ˚F, -1.5˚F,  0.5˚F, 1˚F, 2½˚F, 4˚F,

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Fill in the blank with the correct inequality sign: <, > or =.

4 ____ -2

• <

• >

• =

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Fill in the blank with the correct inequality sign: <, > or =.

-3 ____ -7

• <

• >

• =

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