11.1: Integers

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

Evaluate each expression.
| 9 |

• 0.9
• 9
• -9
• 90

What is the absolute value of |-26|.

• 26
• -26
• 0
• -20

The absolute value of |3| is 0.

• True
• False

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

Mary is swimming 5 feet below the surface. Which integer represents the absolute value of Mary's location?

• -5 feet

• 5 feet

What is the opposite of the opposite of 13?

• 13

• -13

• 12

• -12

Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest peak in Africa. Write an integer to represent the elevation of Mount Kilimanjaro at 5,895 meters above sea level.

• -5,895
• 589
• 5,895
• 5.895

When you add opposites, what do you get?

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

Evaluate the expression.
|–5| + 8

• 3
• 13
• -13
• -3