Unit 5 Vocabulary

The _____ of a number is its distance from 0 on the number line.

• inverse

• absolute value

• absolute quantity

• definitive value

A ___ ____ is a number whose value is always less than zero and it has a minus (-) sign before it.

• negative number

• absolute value

• positive number

• additive inverse

____ ____ are numbers that are greater than zero.

• negative numbers

• absolute values

• positive numbers

• additive inverse

A whole number (not a fractional number) that can be positive, negative, or zero.

• negative number

• absolute value

• positive number

• integer

______ numbers can be positive or negative and include: whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.

• negative

• rational

• positive

• integer

A line on which numbers are marked at intervals, used to illustrate simple numerical operations.

• number line

• tape diagram

• coordinate plane

• expression

When you put money into an account. Represented as a positive number.

• variable

• withdrawal

• deposit

• integer

When you take money out of an account. Represented as a negative number.

• variable

• withdrawal

• deposit

• integer

A letter that represents a number, You can choose different numbers for the _____.

• variable

• absolute value

• ratio

• integer

The opposite of a number is the number on the other side of 0 number line, and the same distance from 0.

Adding opposites results in zero value.

• additive inverse (opposites)

• additive integers

  (opposites)

• reciprocal

• integer