Comparing Rational Numbers, Opposites, and Absolute Value

Which one of the situations below represents a negative situation?

• You earn $45 for mowing the neighbors lawn.

• The temperature on Jupiter is 145 degrees Celsius below zero.

• In a board game, your team gains 12 points.

• Water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit.

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CCSS.6.NS.C.5

Which one of the situations would results in a positive situation.

• A scuba diver is 40 feet below sea level.

• You owe your sister $15 for your mom's birthday present.

• Tom withdraws $50 from his bank account.

• Tammy deposits $100 into her bank account.

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CCSS.6.NS.C.5

Why are the numbers -7 and 7 opposites?

• Because one has a negative and the other doesn't.

• Because they are both 7s.

• Because they have the same distance from 0.

• Because they are both integers.

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6A

List the integers from least to greatest: -9, -3, 0, -7, 5

• -9, -7, -3, 0, 5

• -9, -3, -7, 0, 5

• 5, 0, -3, -7, -9

• -7, -9, 0, -3, 5

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7A

CCSS.6.NS.C.7B

What is the absolute value of -10.1?

• -10.1

• 10.1

• 0

• other

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

What inequality should be used to compare the absolute value of the two rational numbers? $\left|-4.5\right|\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \left|-3\right|$  

• >

• <

• =

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

What is one way you can read the following inequality statement?  $-3.5\ <\ 2$  

• -3.5 is greater than 2.

• -3.5 is equal to 2.

• 2 is less than -3.5.

• 2 is greater than -3.5.

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7A

CCSS.6.NS.C.7B

If you are at SEA LEVEL, you are at

______on a number line.

• Positive

• Negative

• Zero

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6C

Which of the following is in order from LEAST to GREATEST?

• -4, -8, -14, 0, 3, 13

• 0, 3, -4, -8, 13, -14

• 13, 3, 0, -4, -8, -14

• -14, -8, -4, 0, 3, 13

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7A

CCSS.6.NS.C.7B

Which of the following is in order from LEAST to GREATEST?

• 0, 5, -7, -10, 15, -20

• -7, -10, -20, 0, 5, 15

• -20, -10, -7, 0, 5, 15

• 15, 5, 0, -7, -10, -20

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7A

CCSS.6.NS.C.7B