6.2B Opposites and Absolute Value

How do you know that 5 and -5 are opposites? 

• Because they both have a 5 
• They are the same distance from 0 and on opposite sides of 0 
• Because they are the same 
• They both are on a number line 

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6A

A number GREATER than 0.

• positive number
• negative number
• integer
• signed number

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7A

CCSS.6.NS.C.7B

Select all words that could be used to describe a positive integer.

• below the surface

• above sea level

• earned

• deposit

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CCSS.6.NS.C.5

A number LESS than 0.

• positive number
• negative number
• integer
• signed number

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CCSS.6.NS.C.5

Select all answers that could represent a negative integer.

• deposit

• discount

• withdraw

• below sea level

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CCSS.6.NS.C.5

What is the opposite of 23

• 23

• -23

• 2/3

• 0

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6A

What does absolute value mean?

• The opposite of a number
• The exact distance a number is from zero
• a negative plus a positive

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

Absolute value is always a ____________

• positive
• negative
• inequality
• rational number

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

Is the absolute value the same for both of the following numbers?
I 7 I   and I -7 I

• yes they both have an absolute value of 7
• yes, they both have an absolute value of -7
• no 

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

Which of the following is the GREATEST?

• |-2|
• |-4|
• |3|
• |-5|

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C