Recognizing Opposite Signs of Numbers

Which is the greater integer?
5 or -3

• -3

• 5

Numbers that are the same distance from 0 but on opposites sides of 0

• Multiple

• Integer

• Opposite

• Origin

The opposite of a negative is always a ___________

• positive

• negative

• absolute value

• inequality

Two numbers that are an equal distance from zero on a number line.

• Origin

• Absolute Value

• Integer

• Opposites

True or False: The absolute value of a number and the opposite of a number are always the same number.

• True

• False

Name the integer...the opposite of -17

• 1

• -17

• 7

• 17

Name the integer... the opposite of 2.

• 2

• -2

• 0

• 1

Name the integer...4 units to the left of 0.

• 4

• 2

• 0

• -4

Name the integer...the opposite of -19

• -19

• 19

• -9

• 9

What is true about opposites?

• They are on the same side of zero

• They are the same distance away from zero.

• They are not really opposites