Numbers Opposites and Absolute Values

Which number line shows -1/4 and its opposite?

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Which names the opposite and absolute value of 5?

• -5 and 0

• -5 and 5

• 5 and 0

• -5 and -5

15 and -15 are ______________.

• Absolute Values

• Positive

• Negative

• Opposites

The closer an integer is to zero, the ___________ its absolute value.

• greater

• less

• more positive

• more negative

______________ are the set of whole numbers, their opposites, an zero.

• Rational Numbers

• Opposites

• Integers

• Absolute Values

Which of the following shows the numbers in order from least to greatest?

• -1/4, -3/4, 1/5, 0.7

• -3/4, -1/4, 1/5, 0.7

• -1/4, -3/4, 0.7, 1/5

• -3/4, -1/4, 0.7, 1/5

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.

What is the opposite of -9? 

• 9

• 1/9

• 0

• -9

Order from least to greatest:  -5, -17, 3, 0 

• 3, 0, -5, -17

• 3, 0, -17, -5

• -17, -5, 0, 3

• -5, -17, 0, 3

-20+(-11)

• 31

• 9

• -9

• -31