Absolute Value and Opposites

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What are opposites in mathematics?

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

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6A

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

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

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6A

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What is the absolute value of a number?

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

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

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What is the absolute value of -10?

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10

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

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What is the absolute value of 3?

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3

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

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

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Always positive or zero.

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

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

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

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

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

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|3|.

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

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What is the absolute value of |-5|?

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5.

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

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What is the relationship between 0 and -10?

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0 > -10.

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7A

CCSS.6.NS.C.7B