Real World Problems
Number Lines
Absolute Value
Opposites
Inequalities
100

Desert Shores, California is located at an elevation that is below sea level. What is a possible elevation of Desert Shores, California?
A. 0ft
B. 500ft
C. -200ft
D. 500ft

What is C. -200 feet

100

A value x is shown on the number line. Place a point on the number line to show the location of -x.

100

What is |-956|?

956.

100

What is the opposite of -20?

What is 20.

100

How would you read the following:

-5 > -10

Negative 5 is greater than negative 10

200

It is 3 degrees below 0 in Michigan today. If it is warmer in Ohio, what could the temperature in Ohio be?

What is: any number greater than -3 (example: -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and so on).

200

How would you use a number line to order integers from greatest to least?

What is, 'You would place the greatest integers on the right and move left as you use smaller integers.'

200

How does absolute value help you use a number line to order integers from greatest to least?

What is 'You can use absolute value to understand how far a number is on the number line, from zero.' (or something similar)

200

What is the opposite of 100?

-100.

200

Compare the following numbers using an inequality:

2 and 9

2<9

or 

9>2

300

Korey runs every 3rd day and swims every 4th day. If he runs and swims today, how many days will it be before Korey runs and swims again on the same day?

in 12 days

Use muliples:

3, 6, 9, 12, 15

4, 8, 12, 16

LCM=12

300

Order the numbers from least to greatest: 

|-5|, 4, |1.5|, -2, 0

What is: -2, 0, |1.5|, 4, |-5|

300

What is |521|?

521.

300

What is the opposite of -1?

1

300
Compare the following integers using 2 different inequalities:

7 and 4

7 > 4 and 4 < 7

400

Describe the following scenarios using positive and negative integers:
A. A withdrawal of 50 dollars
B. a temperature three degrees below zero
C. an elevation seventy feet above sea level

What is:
A. negative
B. negative
C. positive

400

Which number is greater, -70 or -69?

What is -69.

400

What is the definition of absolute value?

Absolute value is a numbers distance from zero.

400

What is the opposite of -26?

26

400

Compare the following integers using 2 different inequalities: 

-8 and 1

-8 < 1 and 1 > -8

500

Ms. Franco has 64 pencils and 48 erasers. She wants to put an equal number of pencils and erasers into boxes for her students. What is the GREATEST number of pencils or erasers Ms. Franco can put in each box?

16 

Use factors

64: (1*64) (2*32) (4*16) (8*8)

48: (1*48) (2*24) (3*16) (4*12) (6*8)

GCF=16

500

What do you call a number line that goes up and down? Do negative numbers appear above zero or under zero?

A vertical number line, under zero.

500

Absolute value is always ______________. It is different than the definition of opposites because opposites can be ___________, and absolute value cannot.

positive, negative

500

True or false: Opposites are always negative.

False.

500

Compare the following integers using 2 different inequalities: 

-23 and -57

-23 > -57 and -57 < -23

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