Opposites, Absolute Value & Ordering

Which graph shows 3/4 and its opposite?

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Which number or numbers best represents 15 degrees below sea level?

• 15 degrees and its opposite

• 15 degrees and it absolute value

• -15 degrees and its opposite

• 15 degrees

• -15 degrees

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On the same day, the temperature in Juneau, Alaska is -14 degrees, and the temperature in Reykjavík, Iceland is -20 degrees. Which inequality correctly compares the two temperatures?

• -20 > -14
  

• -14 < -20
  

• -14 > -20
  

• -14 > 20
  
  

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The absolute value of a number is ___________________________. (Select all that apply.)

• never zero

• always larger than its opposite

• its distance from zero

• always smaller than its opposite

• always positive, except in the case of zero

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Which list correctly orders the numbers from least to greatest?

• 0, 2, -4, 5.2, -8, -3.4

• -8, 5.2, 4, -3.4, 2, 0

• -8, -4, -3.4, 0, 2, 5.2

• 5.2, 2, 0, -3.4, -4, -8

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Which list correctly orders the numbers from Greatest to Least?

• 4/5, 1/3, 0, -1/3, -5/6, 1/2, -1

• 4/5, 1/2, 1/3, 0, -1/3, -5/6, -1

• 4/5, 1/3, 1/2, 0, -1, -1/3, -5/6

• 4/5, 1/2, 1/3, 0, -5/6, -1/3, -1

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Which answer correctly represents the absolute value of -6?
Also written,  $\left|-6\right|$  .

• -6, 6
  

• -6

• 6

• -6, 0, 6
  

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