Absolute Value, Opposites, Integers

Which situation is best represented with a negative integer?

• 68 degrees above zero

• A growth of 4 inches

• Earnings of $28

• 78 feet below sea level

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CCSS.6.NS.C.5

What is the opposite of 12?

• 12
• -12
• 0
• 1/12

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6A

What is absolute value?

• The value of a number

• The opposite of a number

• The distance a number is from zero

• The multiplicative inverse of a number

What is the distance from 10 to -5 on a number line? 

• -15 spaces
• 10 spaces
• 15 spaces
• -5 spaces

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Express as an integer:  at sea level

• 0
• -0
• 1
• -10

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CCSS.6.NS.C.5

The high temperature Monday was 4 degrees. The low temperature was -7 degrees. What is the difference between the high and low temperatures?

• 3 degrees
• 12 degrees
• 11 degrees
• 10 degrees

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Mr. Sternberg is running 10 feet above sea level.  Mrs. Oliver is swimming 7 feet below sea level. What is the difference in elevation between Mr. Sternberg and Mrs. Oliver?

• 17
• 3
• -17
• -3

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

A diver was 40 feet below the surface of the water. A fisherman was casting off a dock right above the diver that was 12 feet above the surface of the water. How far apart are the diver and the fisherman?

• 28 feet
• -28 feet
• 52 feet
• -52 feet

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CCSS.6.NS.C.5

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| –3 |

• 3
• -3
• 0.30
• 30

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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