Money
Temperature
Evaluate Absolute Value
Distance and Elevation
Brain Busters
100

You owe your parents $12. What integer represents this?

What is -12

100

The temperature is 5 degrees below zero. What integer represents this?

What is -5
100

 ∣−11∣

What is 11

100

A submarine is 40 feet below sea level. What integer represents its position?

What is -40

100

True or False: ∣−7∣∣−7∣ and ∣7∣∣7∣ have the same value.

What is True
200

Your bank account has $85, then you withdraw $30. What integer represents the withdrawal?

What is -30

200

At midnight the temperature was -8°F. By noon it rose 12 degrees. What is the temperature at noon?

What is 4F

200

∣0∣

0

200

 You hike 15 meters up a hill, then 8 meters down. What is your net elevation change?

What is 7 meters up (or +7)

200

Which integer is closer to zero: -15 or 12?

What is 12

300

You start with $50, spend $20, earn $15, then spend $10. What is your final amount?

What is $35

300

The temperatures for four days were: 3°F, -7°F, -2°F, 6°F. Which day was coldest?

What is -7°F

300


∣−6∣+∣−10∣

What is 16

300

A whale dives from the surface (0 feet) to 120 feet below. Then it swims up 45 feet. What is its current depth?

What is -75 feet

300

A number has an absolute value of 9. Name TWO possible values for that number.

What is 9 and -9

400

Order these from greatest to least: ∣−8∣, ∣3∣, ∣−12∣, ∣0∣, ∣−5∣

What is 12, 8, 5, 3, 0?

500

You deposit $40, withdraw $25, deposit $30, and withdraw $50. Using absolute values, what is the total amount of money that changed hands (not your final balance)?

What is $145? (∣40∣+∣−25∣+∣30∣+∣−50∣=145)

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