Comparing and Ordering Rational Numbers with Absolute Value

Which one of the situations below represents a negative situation?

• You earn $45 for mowing the neighbors lawn.

• The temperature on Jupiter is 145 degrees Celsius below zero.

• In a board game, your team gains 12 points.

• Water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit.

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CCSS.6.NS.C.5

Which one of the situations would results in a positive situation.

• A scuba diver is 40 feet below sea level.

• You owe your sister $15 for your mom's birthday present.

• Tom withdraws $50 from his bank account.

• Tammy deposits $100 into her bank account.

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CCSS.6.NS.C.5

Why are the numbers -7 and 7 opposites?

• Because one has a negative and the other doesn't.

• Because they are both 7s.

• Because they have the same distance from 0.

• Because they are both integers.

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6A

List the integers from least to greatest: -9, -3, 0, -7, 5

• -9, -7, -3, 0, 5

• -9, -3, -7, 0, 5

• 5, 0, -3, -7, -9

• -7, -9, 0, -3, 5

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7A

CCSS.6.NS.C.7B

Order the decimals from least to greatest: 1.5, 15, 8.5, -10.2, -12.3

• 15, 8.5, 1.5, -10.2, -12.3

• -10.2, -12.3, 1.5, 8.5, 15

• -12.3, -10.2, 1.5, 8.5, 15

• 15, 8.5, -10.2, -12.3, 1.5

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7A

CCSS.6.NS.C.7B

Order the fractions from GREATEST to LEAST: 1/2, -1/2, -3/4, 7/8, 8/9

• 8/9, 7/8, 1/2, -1/2, -3/4

• 7/8, 8/9, 1/2, -1/2, -3/4

• -3/4, -1/2, 1/2, 7/8, 8/9

• 8/9, 7/8, 1/2, -3/4, -1/2

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7A

CCSS.6.NS.C.7B

What is |7 1/8|?

• 0

• -7 1/8

• 7 1/8

• other

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

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• >

• =

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

If you are at SEA LEVEL, you are at

______on a number line.

• Positive

• Negative

• Zero

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CCSS.6.NS.C.5