Word problems
Someone deposited 50 dollars and spent 20 dollars. What is integer?
Did you get 30?
What is a whole number
Whole numbers are positive integers (includes 0)
12+|-20|
34
7878-|-83|
7795
Jack went scuba diving. he went 500 feet below sea level to find fish. What is the integer?
did you get -500?
What is a rational number
78+(-23)
55
|-8|-(-1)
9
The average temperature in Texas today is 90 degrees. What is the integer?
did you get 90?
What is a natural number?
The positive integers (only sometimes includes 0)
|-55|+(-30)
25
|8|+(-17)
-9
Someone went hiking on a mountain. They climbed up to 5000 feet but then went down 2678 feet. what is the integer?
did you get positive 2322?
What is opposite value?
The opposite integer.
|78|+|23|
101
7878-(-83)
7961
Jessica went to the empire state building. She recorded how many feet she was above sea level when 1/4 of the way up. It was 700 feet. She also recorded the height that she was on when at the top of the tower. 6000 feet above sea level. What is the opposite value of the difference of the 2 numbers?
What is a absolute value?
It is the number of units away from ZERO (always positive numbers)
(-25550)+|-25550|+50000
50000
-2400-|-2400|-1200
-6000