Ordering Rational Numbers

Order the rational numbers greatest to least.

-0.45, -1/3, 4/5, 0.25, -1/2

• -1/2, -0.45, -1/3, 0.25, 4/5

• 4/5, 0.25, -1/3, -1/2, -0.45

• 4/5, 0.25, -1/3, -0.45, -1/2

• -1/2, -0.45, -1/3, 4/5, 0.25

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7A

CCSS.6.NS.C.7B

Order the numbers from greatest to least based on their absolute value.

|−2525|, |0.5|, |−3434|, |0.35|

• |−3434| > |0.5| > |−2525| > |0.35|

• |0.5| > |−2525| > |−3434| > |0.35|,

• |−3434| > |−2525| > |0.35| > |0.5|

• |0.5| > |0.35| > |−2525| > |−3434|

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

The distance from 0 on a number line represents the _____________ of the number.

• absolute value

• slope

• opposite

• reciprocal

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

Oak High football team lost 8 games this season. Which absolute value statement describes the number of games the team lost?

• |-8| = 8

• -|-8| = 8

• -|8| = 8

• |-8| = -8

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

Compare |−1.37| and |1.21|.

• |−1.37| ≤ |1.21|

• |−1.37| < |1.21|

• |−1.37| > |1.21|

• |−1.37| = |1.21|

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

Read each temperature comparison. Which comparisons are true?

• −15.5° > −11.5°

• 25.55° < −32.13°

• −13.2° < 15.3°

• 8.9 > -8.97

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7A

CCSS.6.NS.C.7B

What is the distance between -13 and 13 on a number line?

• 0

• 13

• 26

• -13

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Compare numbers to their opposites based on their positions on a number line. Choose the true statement based on these comparisons.

• −(−10) = −10

• (−7) = 7

• Zero is its own opposite.

• −14 and 4 are equally distant from 0.

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6A

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7A

CCSS.6.NS.C.7B

• True

• False

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7A

CCSS.6.NS.C.7B