Finding the Absolute Value and Ordering Rational Numbers

Absolute value is always

• Negative

• Positive

• Opposite of the number

• A fraction

Order these rational numbers from LEAST to GREATEST:

• -10, 3, 7, -23, 100

• 100, 7, 3, -10, -23

• -23, -10, 3, 7, 100

Order these rational numbers from GREATEST to LEAST:

• -1.8, -0.3, 0, 0.8, 1.3

• -0.3, 1.3, 0.8, -1.8, 0

• 1.3, 0.8, 0, -0.3, -1.8

Absolute value is

• a number's distance from zero

• the opposite of an opposite

• can be negative or positive

Simplify |-2| =

• -2

• 2

• 1/2

• -1/2

Fill in the blank with correct inequality sign: <, >, or =.

|7| ____ 7

• <

• >

• =

Which has the same absolute value as -55?

• 0

• -1

• 1

• 55

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

Florence looked at her school lunch account and realized it was –$10.83. Which statement accurately explains the value in her account?

• The absolute value is $10.83, and she owes money to the school.
  

• The absolute value is –$10.83, and she owes money to the school.
  

• The absolute value is $10.83, and she has money to spend in the account.
  

• The absolute value is –$10.83, and she has money to spend in the account.

When ordering, their opposites are in the opposite order.

• inequality

• ordered pair

• absolute value

• ordering rational numbers