Integer Basics
What type of number is –7: positive, negative, or zero?
Negative.
What is |–6|?
6
Which number is greater: –2 or 3?
3
What number is 3 units to the right of 0?
3
The temperature is –4°C. Is the temperature above or below zero?
Below
Which integer is greater: –3 or –8?
-3
What is |8|?
8
Order from least to greatest:
–1, 4, –5
-5, -1, 4
What number is 4 units to the left of 2?
-2
A diver is –12 meters relative to sea level. Is the diver above or below sea level?
Below
What is the opposite of 12?
-12
Which number has the greater absolute value: –9 or 4?
-9
Which is greater: –6 or –1?
-1
What is the distance between –3 and 5 on a number line?
8
A bank account change of –$25 means what happened to the account?
They spent too much money! It is in the negatives.
What integer represents 5 units below zero?
-5
The absolute value of a number is 11. Name two possible numbers.
11 and -11
Which number belongs in the blank?
–3 < ___ < 2
Has to be less than -3 and 2
Two numbers are –6 and 1. Which number is farther from zero?
-6
The temperature changes from –3°C to 10°C. Did the temperature increase or decrease, and by how many degrees?
Increased by 13 degrees.
A number has an opposite of –14. What is the number?
14
A number is –15. What is the distance from zero, and what mathematical concept represents that distance?
15. Absolute value.
These four numbers are plotted on a number line:
-2/3 5/8 -3/5 -1/2
From left to right, which is the correct ordering?
-2/3=-0.67 -3/5=-0.6 -1/2=-0.5 5/8=0.625
A point is 7 units from zero. What two possible numbers could it be?
7 and -7
An elevator starts at floor 0, goes down 6 floors, then up 2 floors. What floor is it on now?
-4th floor