Creating Zero Pairs with Integer Chips

This lesson teaches how to create zero pairs using integer chips. It explains that integers include positive and negative whole numbers, and how integer chips represent these values. A zero pair is formed when opposite quantities combine to make zero. The lesson uses examples, including atoms, to illustrate zero pairs and discusses cases where opposite quantities are not equal, resulting in a net charge.

What do yellow chips represent in the context of integer chips?

• Negative numbers

• Positive numbers

• Zero

• Fractions

Why might someone mistakenly think that -4 is greater than 3 when using integer chips?

• Because -4 is a larger number

• Because there are more red chips

• Because there are more yellow chips

• Because 3 is to the left of -4 on the number line

What is a zero pair?

• A positive and a negative chip that cancel each other out

• A pair of chips that add up to a positive number

• Two negative chips

• Two positive chips

In the context of atoms, what does a zero pair represent?

• A neutron and a proton

• A proton and an electron that cancel each other out

• Two electrons

• Two protons

What is the net charge when there are three positive chips and two negative chips?

• Positive two

• Positive one

• Zero

• Negative one