Absolute and Opposite Numbers

Which situation would you represent with a negative integer?

• a mountain climber descending a mountain

• a price increase

• a person winning a sum of money

• an elevator going from the 3rd floor to the 5th floor

Order the numbers from least to greatest.

-2 I8I 5 I-10I 6

• -2, I8I, 5, I-10I, 6

• -2, 5, 6, I8I, I-10I

• -2, 5, 6, 8, 10

• I-10I, -2, 5, 6. I8I

∣-5∣ _____ ∣5∣

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• >

• =

-12 _____ 12

• <

• >

• =

What are integers?

• Only positive numbers.

• Only negative numbers

• All whole numbers and their opposites

• Only Zero

Select all answers that could represent a negative integer.

• deposit

• discount

• withdraw

• below zero

Distance from zero on the number line

• absolute value

• opposite

• rational

• integer

What is the absolute value of 13?

• -13 doesn't have an absolute value.

• 13

• -13

Fill in the blank with the correct sign:  <, >, or =. 
 |-⅓| ____ |⅓|

• <

• >

• =

Fill in the blank with the correct sign:  <, >, or =.
−|4| _____ −(−4)

• <

• >

• =