Integers 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.

Front

What is the absolute value of a number?

Back

The absolute value of a number is its distance from zero on the number line, regardless of direction.

Front

What is the opposite of a number?

Back

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

Front

What is | -7 |?

Back

7

Front

What is | 0 |?

Back

0

Front

How do you compare absolute values?

Back

To compare absolute values, ignore the signs and compare the numbers as if they were positive.

Front

What is the absolute value of -13?

Back

13

Front

Which of the following is an integer: 3.5, -2, 0, 5?

Back

-2, 0, and 5 are integers; 3.5 is not.

Front

What is the result of | -15 | + | 10 |?

Back

25

Front

If | x | = 4, what are the possible values of x?

Back

x can be 4 or -4.