Integers, Opposites, and, Absolute Value

Front

What is an integer?

Back

An integer is a whole number that can be positive, negative, or zero, but not a fraction or decimal.

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What is the opposite of a number?

Back

The opposite of a number is the number that is the same distance from zero on the number line but in the opposite direction.

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What is the absolute value of a number?

Back

The absolute value of a number is its distance from zero on the number line, always expressed as a positive number.

Front

What is the absolute value of -7?

Back

7

Front

What is the opposite of -12?

Back

12

Front

If Ms. Ballou swam 25 feet below sea level, what is her elevation above sea level?

Back

25 feet above sea level.

Front

True or False: Absolute value can be negative.

Back

False.

Front

How do you order integers from greatest to least on a number line?

Back

Graph the integers on the number line and list them from right to left.

Front

What is the absolute value of 10?

Back

10

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What is the opposite of 0?

Back

0 (zero has no opposite).