Distance on a Number Line (Integers)

What is distance between -4 and 3?

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What is the distance between 3 and -4?

(a)  

VOCABULARY CHECK:

Absolute value means the ____________ between 2 points.

• distance

• absolute

• value

The DISTANCE between points is always POSITIVE.

True or False?

• True

• False

What does ABSOLUTE VALUE mean?

• The sign of a number.

• The position of a number.

• The distance between points - always positive.

• The sum of two numbers.

What is the distance between -1 and 4?

HINT: SUBTRACT the points and use the ABSOLUTE VALUE

Use your number line to count the points and check your work!

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What are TWO ways that you can find the distance between 2 and -4?

• | 2 - (-4) |

• | (-4) - 2 |

• | 2 - 4 |

• | 4 - 2 |

Rewrite 2 - (-4) as an ADDITION problem to make it easier to solve.

• 2 + 4

• 2 + (-4)

• -2 + (-4)

• (-2) + 4

Rewrite this as an ADDITION problem to make it easier to solve:

-3 - (-7)

• -3 + (-7)

• -3 + 7

• 3 + (-7)

• 3 + 7