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Exploring Opposites and Absolute Values in Rational Numbers

Exploring Opposites and Absolute Values in Rational Numbers

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics

6th - 10th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

CCSS
6.NS.C.7C, 6.NS.C.6C, 6.NS.C.6A

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Ethan Morris

FREE Resource

Standards-aligned

CCSS.6.NS.C.7C
,
CCSS.6.NS.C.6C
,
CCSS.6.NS.C.6A
CCSS.7.NS.A.1B
,
The video tutorial explains the concepts of opposites and absolute values of rational numbers using a number line. It demonstrates how to find the absolute value and opposite of both fractions and decimals, using examples like 1.5, -2.25, and -1.75. The tutorial highlights that the absolute value of a number is its distance from zero, and the opposite is the same distance in the opposite direction. It also clarifies that these principles apply equally to fractions and decimals.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the absolute value of a rational number?

The negative of the number

The square of the number

The reciprocal of the number

The distance from zero on the number line

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If a number line is divided into halves, where would 1.5 be located?

At 1

At 2

Halfway between 0 and 1

Halfway between 1 and 2

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.C.6C

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the opposite of 1.5?

1.5

0.5

-0.5

-1.5

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.C.6A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where would -2.25 be located on a number line divided into halves?

At -2

At -2.5

Halfway between -2 and -2.5

Halfway between -1.5 and -2

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.C.6C

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the absolute value of -2.25?

1.25

-2.25

2.25

-1.25

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the opposite of -2.25?

2.25

-2.25

1.25

-1.25

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.C.6A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

For a negative number, how does its opposite compare to its absolute value?

One is zero

One is positive, the other is negative

They are the same

They are different

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1B

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