Absolute Value and Opposites

Front

What are opposites in mathematics?

Back

Two numbers that are the same distance from zero on a number line but on opposite sides of zero.

Front

How do you know that 5 and -5 are opposites?

Back

They are the same distance from 0 and on opposite sides of 0.

Front

What is the absolute value of a number?

Back

The distance of that number from 0 on the number line, always expressed as a positive value.

Front

What is the absolute value of -10?

Back

10

Front

What is the absolute value of 3?

Back

3

Front

Is the absolute value of a number always positive, negative, or zero?

Back

Always positive or zero.

Front

Order the numbers from least to greatest: -2, |8|, 5, |-10|, 6.

Back

-2, 5, 6, |8|, |-10|.

Front

Which of the following is the GREATEST? |-2|, |-4|, |3|, |-5|

Back

|3|.

Front

What is the absolute value of |-5|?

Back

5.

Front

What is the relationship between 0 and -10?

Back

0 > -10.