Positive and Negative Numbers with Absolute Value and Opposites

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 the opposite -5?

• 5
• 0
• -5
• 10

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6A

What is true about opposites?

• They are on the same side of zero
• They are the same distance away from zero.
• They are not really opposites

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6A

The opposite of a negative is always a ___________

• positive
• negative
• absolute value
• inequality

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6A

Evaluate the expression.
| 9 |

• 0.9
• 9
• -9
• 90

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

What is absolute value?

• The value of a number
• The opposite of a number
• The distance of a number is from zero
• The multiplicative inverse of a number

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

The absolute value of |3| is -3.

• True
• False

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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

Which of the following is the LEAST?

• |-2|
• |-4|
• |3|
• |-5|

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C