Absolute Value Opposites

Ms. Ballou swam 25 feet below sea level while on vacation. What is the opposite of Ms. Ballou's elevation?

• 25 feet below sea level

• on sea level

• 25 feet above sea level

• 250 feet above sea level

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6A

True or False. The |-55| and |55| are equal.

• True

• False

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

the distance a number is from zero on a number line

• inequality

• absolute value

• negative number

• positive number

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

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

Evaluate the expression.
|–5| + 8

• 3

• 13

• -13

• -3

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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 a number is from zero

• The multiplicative inverse of a number

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

|-9| ___ 9

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

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

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

• 13

• -13

• 0

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

Represent a loss of 4 pounds as an integer.

• 4 lbs

• -4 lbs

• -4

• 4

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CCSS.6.NS.C.5