How much?
Up, Down, right or left
How far?
What am I called?
Potpouri
100
What is |5| ?
5
100
y = | x + 2 |
right
100
Jan is 20 and her mother is 43. How much younger is Jan than her mother?
23 years
100
What is positive and allows this absolute value to move upward
vertical transformation
100
What is the last step in solving an equation?
Proving the answer is correct
200
What is |-6| ?
6
200
y = | x -7 |
left
200
Quintelle walks to Furness every morning from home, about 2 miles and then gets picked up after school. How far does he live from Furness?
2 miles
200
What do I add to | x | to move to the right?
any negative number
200
How many letters in the most important word in our classroom?
7 - RESPECT
300
What is |-66 + 12| ?
54
300
y = - | x -7 |
facing down and to the left
300
What is the shortest way to travel between the corner of 3rd and McKean and 4th and Mifflin and how far is it?
2 blocks
300
What am I called if I put a negative sign in front of | x -17 | ? (-|x-17|)
Reflection
300
What property is used when you add -7 to both sides of the equation: 7+ x = 14?
Additive Inverse
400
What is |12-16| ?
4
400
y = | x | + 7
up 7 units
400
Joelle starts at the equator and walks 1/2 way around the earth. Then she flies back to where she started. Approximately how many miles does she travel? (The equator is 25,000 miles in circumference)
25,000
400
Does my shape get narrower or wider when I divide the following value | x | by 4?
Narrower
400
Simplify: 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4
13/12
500
What is |⅔-¼| ?
5/12
500
y = -| x +3 | -3
down and to right
500
The Eagles started on the 20 yard line. Westbrook ran for 14 yards on the first play, then lost 3 yards on the second play. Then McNabb completed a pass for 17 yards. What yard line are the Eagles on? (extra credit: If, on the next play, Westbrook ran for 4 more yards, what yard line are the Eagles on now?)
48 yard line.
500
What is the refelction of y = | x -7 | ?
y =- | x -7 | ?
500
Write the equation for the x-axis
y = 0
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