Finding the Absolute Value

What is the opposite of -3?

• 3
• 0
• -1/3
• 1/3

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6A

Darrel is currently 20 feet below sea level. Which correctly describes the opposite of Darrel's elevation?

• 20 feet below sea level
• 20 feet above sea level
• 2 feet below sea level
• At sea level

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6A

Boston has a temperature of -20 degrees. It is colder in New York than in Boston. Select the value that could represent the temperature of New York

• 0
• 30
• -30
• -19

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7A

CCSS.6.NS.C.7B

Which shows the integers in order from greatest to least?

• 20,6,-2,-13
• -2,6,-13,20
• -13,-2,6,20
• 20,-13,6,-2

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7A

CCSS.6.NS.C.7B

Is absolute value always positive?

• yes
• no

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

What is the reason that absolute value is always written as a positive?

• Absolute value is talking about numbers so it must be positive.
• Absolute value does not always have to be positive.
• Absolute value is like a clock it has only positive numbers.
• Absolute value is talking about distance, distance is always measured by positive numbers.

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

What's another way to define absolute value?

• The value of a number
• The opposite of a number
• The distance of a number from zero
• The multiplicative inverse of a number

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

Order the numbers from least to greatest.
-2, I8I, 5, I-10I, 6

• -2, I8I, 5, I-10I, 6
• -2, 5, 6, I8I, I-10I
• -2, 5, 6, 8, 10
• I-10I, -2, 5, 6. I8I

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7A

CCSS.6.NS.C.7B

Which has the same absolute value as -55?

• 0
• -1
• 1
• 55

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

Which statement is true?

• –5 = 5, since both numbers are 5 units from 0 on a number line
• –4 > –8, since –4 is to the right of –8 on a number line
  
• –7 < –10, since 7 is to the left of 10 on a number line
• –5 > 3, since 5 is to the right of 3 on a number line
  

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7A

CCSS.6.NS.C.7B