Integers and Absolute Value Word Problems

Evaluate each expression.
| 9 |

• 0.9

• 9

• -9

• 90

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

What's a way to define absolute value?

• The value of a number

• The opposite of a number

• The distance of a number from zero

• The multiplicative inverse of a number

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

A submarine is 150 below sea level while an airplane is 375 above sea level.  What is the difference between the height of the submarine and the airplane?

• -525

• 525

• 325

• -325

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

A submarine was 52 ft. below sea level.  It ascended 38 ft. toward the surface.  What is the depth of the submarine?

• -90 ft.

• -26 ft.

• -14 ft.

• 0 ft. (at the surface)

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

The absolute value of -6 and 6 is:

• 6

• -6

• 0

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

|-6| =

• 6

• -6

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

|-4 + 2| =

• 2

• -2

• 6

• -6

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

A hiker starts at an elevation of 200 feet below sea level and hikes up to an elevation of 150 feet above sea level. What is the total change in elevation?

• 350 feet

• 50 feet

• -350 feet

• -50 feet

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Mr. Sternberg is running 10 feet above sea level.  Mrs. Oliver is swimming 7 feet below sea level. What is the difference in elevation between Mr. Sternberg and Mrs. Oliver?

• 17

• 3

• -17

• -3

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

What do you call a set of whole numbers and their opposites? 
Example: 
-3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3

• difference

• sum

• integers

• opposites

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.C.6A