Math terms to know
The distance you count from zero
What is absolute value?
Adding a negative and a positive
-14 + 4
What is -10?
Subtract absolute value of numbers: 14 - 4
then use the sign of the bigger number
Multiplying same signs:
-12 x -10
What is positive 120?
0.7 as a fraction
What is 7/10?
If our team got 7 points during trashketball, but my teammates kept talking and we got 14 points taken away, how many points did we end up with?
("What is ______ as a real life problem")
What is 7 + (-14) = -7 as a real-life problem?
The number that is the opposite or that makes a number equal 0
What is the additive inverse?
Adding two negatives
-5 + (-5)
What is -10?
Adding two negatives is like adding two positives, except you add a negative sign to the answer
Multiplying a positive and a negative:
12 x (-5)
What is -60?
0.05 as a fraction
What is 1/20?
Phil's total phone payment at 6 months if he pays $-254.30 each month.
What is $-1,525.80?
A number that is a positive or negative whole number, not a fraction or a decimal
What is an integer?
Subtracting two negatives
-2 - (-2)
What is 0?
Subtracting two negatives is like adding the second number: -2 + 2
Dividing same signs:
-81 ÷ (-9)
What is positive 9?
5/8 as a decimal
What is .625?
The new temperature at 9 a.m:
if the beginning temperature was −10°F at 5 a.m., it dropped -4 degrees at 6 a.m., -3 degrees at 7 a.m., and rose 2 degrees at 8 a.m.
What is -15°F?
A number that can be written as a fraction or a decimal.
What is a rational number?
Adding a positive and a negative
14 + (-4)
What is 10?
It would be like subtracting them and taking the sign of bigger number (14 - 4)
Dividing different signs:
144 ÷ (-12)
What is -12?
The way to find a decimal on the calculator.
What is numerator divided by denominator?
What is top number divided by bottom number?
Phil's phone payment each month if he pays $-3,940 every year (rounded to the nearest hundredth)
What is $-328.33 a month?
The rate of something over 1 (miles per hour or dollars per pound)
What is unit rate?
-20 - 10 - 5 + 20 - (-5)
What is -10?
-4 x 3 x (-5) x (-2) x 2
What is -240?
Order from least to greatest:
1/2 - 1 - 2/3 - 1/3 - 3/4 - 1/4
What is 1/4, 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, and 1?
The length of each shelf in inches if you are cutting up a 12 foot board into 8 equal pieces? (round to nearest hundredth)
What is 20.57 inches per shelf?