Exploring Integers and Absolute Value

What is the set of numbers that includes 1, 2, 3, and so on, but no fractions?

• Negative numbers

• Whole numbers

• Rational numbers

• Integers

Which number represents the lack of any quantity?

• Ten

• Zero

• One

• Negative one

If you give away two cookies, how would you represent this quantity?

• Zero

• Positive one

• Negative two

• Positive two

What is the opposite of the number 3?

• Negative one

• Zero

• Positive three

• Negative three

What term is used to describe numbers that include whole numbers and their opposites?

• Integers

• Fractions

• Decimals

• Rational numbers

What does absolute value represent?

• The difference between a number and zero

• The distance between a number and zero on the number line

• The product of a number and zero

• The sum of a number and zero

How is the absolute value of a number written?

• With parentheses

• With two vertical lines

• With square brackets

• With curly braces

What is the absolute value of -4?

• 2

• 4

• 0

• -4

Why do both a number and its opposite have the same absolute value?

• Because they are both negative

• Because they are both positive

• Because they are the same distance from zero

• Because they are the same number

Which number is greater: 2 or -1?

• Cannot be determined

• They are equal

• -1

• 2