Comparing Integers, Absolute Value and Opposites

Compare: -12 ____ -2

• -12 < -2

• -12 > -2

• -12 = -2

Compare: -3 ___ -5

• -3 > -5

• -3 = -5

• -3 < -5

The weather person said that the temperature was “seventeen degrees below zero.” How should this number be written?

• - 17°

• ₋ 0/17°

• 0/17°

• 17°

Compare these Integers using the symbols:
<  >   =
-56   ____    -47

• <

• >

• =

• ⊕

Which integer represents this situation?  You hike 100 feet down a mountain.

• 100 ft.

• -100 ft.

• 10 ft.

• -10 ft.

Order the integers from least to greatest. 4, –4, –2, 2, –8

• 4, -4, -2, 2, -8

• 4, 2, -2, -4, -8

• -8, -4, -2, 2, 4

• 8, 2, -24, -4

Compare these Integers using the symbols:
<  >   =
-11  ____  0

• <

• >

• =

Integers are

• all positive numbers only.

• all negative numbers only.

• all counting numbers and their opposites

• percentages, fractions, & square root.

The absolute value of -6 is ___  the absolute value of 6. 

• greater than

• equal to 

• less than 

Express an integer: a withdrawal of $100

• 100

• -100

• +100