Rational Explorations: Numbers and Their Opposites

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Remember to change fraction to decimal first!

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What is the opposite of the integer on the number line?

• 0

• -7

• 7

• 1

How do you know that 5 and -5 are opposites? 

• Because they both have a 5 

• They are the same distance from 0 and on opposite sides of 0 

• Because they are the same 

• They both are on a number line 

Name the integer...the opposite of -17

• 1

• -17

• 7

• 17

Name the integer...the opposite of the opposite of 2

• 2

• -2

• 0

• 1

Name the integer...12 units to the right of 0.

• 12

• -12

• 1

• 2

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

• 4

• 2

• 0

• -4

Express an integer: a debt of $50

• 50

• -50

Express an integer: a plane descended 3000 ft

• 3000

• 300

• -300

• -3000

What is the distance from 10 to -5 on a number line?

• -15 spaces

• 10 spaces

• 15 spaces

• -5 spaces