Number Families (N, W, Z, Q, I, R)
Properties
Closure
Distributive/Like Terms
Absolute Value
100

These are ALL of the number families that 6 is classified under:

(Use the letter symbols to categorize the number)

What are: N, W, Z, Q, R

(Natural, Whole, Integer, Rational, Real)

100

The full name of the property for: 5 + 0 = 5

What is the Identity Property of Addition?

100

Are integers closed under addition? Give a counterexample if not.

Yes

100

The distributed form of 5(x + 4).

(Simplify the expression)

What is 5x + 20?

100

These are (solve both):

1. |-18|

2. -|9|

What is:

1. 18

2. -9

200

These are ALL of the number families that the square root of 20 (sq. rt. 20) is classified under:

(Use the letter symbols to categorize the number)

What are: I, R

(Irrational, Real)

200

The full name of the property for: 3 * (1/3) = 1

What is the Inverse Property of Multiplication?

200

Are whole numbers closed under subtraction? Give a counterexample if not.

No, ex. 3 - 5 = -2 which is not a whole number.

200

The distributed form of -3(2x - 6).

(Simplify the expression)

What is -6x + 18?

200

These are (solve both):

1. |6 - 13|

2. -|2 + 5 * -4|

What is:

1. 7

2. -18

300

These are ALL of the number families that 0 (zero) is classified under:

(Use the letter symbols to categorize the number)

What are: W, Z, Q, R

(Whole, Integer, Rational, Real)

300

The full name of the property for: (4 + 7) + 2 = 4 + (7 + 2)

What is the Associative Property of Addition?

300

Are natural numbers closed under division? Give a counterexample if not.

No, ex. 3 / 5 =0.6 which is not a natural number.

300

Simplify: 6x + 5 - 2x + 9

What is 4x + 14?

300

These are (solve both):

1. 2 + |-2|

2. The distance between -8 and 3 (write as absolute value)

What is:

1. 4

2. 11

400

These are ALL of the number families that the negative square root of 25 (-1 * sq. rt. 25) is classified under:

(Use the letter symbols to categorize the number)

What are: Z, Q, R

(Integer, Rational, Real- It simplifies to -5)

400

The full name of the property for: If x = 9, then 9 = x.

What is the Symmetric Property of Equality?

400

Are rational numbers closed under multiplication? Give a counterexample if not.

Yes

400

Simplify: 5(3x - 2) + 4x

What is 19x - 10?

400

Evaluate the absolute value, for x = 5 and y = -6:

|2x - y - 16|

What is 0 (zero)?

500

Name a number that is rational but NOT an integer.

Any fraction or decimal that does not simplify to a whole positive or negative number (on the number line), like 1/2 or 0.87. Use a calculator to verify!

500

A student says that 12/5 = 5/12 by the Commutative Property. What is wrong with this assumption?

Subtraction and division are not commutative (order matters), the left and right sides of the equals sign are not equal.

500

CHALLENGE: The example sqrt(2) - sqrt(2) = 0 shows that ___ numbers __are/are not__ closed under subtraction.

Irrationals (sqrt 2)

Not Closed (0 is not irrational)

500

Simplify: -6(x + 3) - 2x + 3

What is -8x - 15?

500

A box should weigh 40 grams but actually weighs an unknown x grams. These are the TWO equivalent distance expressions using absolute value that find how far away the box is from its target.

1. |a - 40|

2. |40 - a|

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