Math Vocabulary
Pos. & Neg. Numbers
Number Lines
Ordering & Absolute Value
The Coordinate Plane
100
Numbers that differ only in sign, for example 3 and -3.
What are opposites?
100
Write an integer to represent the following situation: Carbon dioxide freezes at a temperature of 78 degrees below zero.
What is -78?
100
Plot four and its opposite on a number line.
Number line must show 4 and -4 on the correct sides of zero on a horizontal or vertical number line.
100
Write an equation to show |-65|
|-65| = 65
100
The ordered pair (15, -4.5) is located in this quadrant of the coordinate plane.
What is quadrant IV (4)?
200
The intersection of the x- and y-axes (0, 0) on the coordinate plane.
What is the origin?
200
When discussing elevation, this number represents sea level.
What is 0?
200
Describe the location of -7 in relation to -4 on a vertical number line.
-7 is three units below -4 on a vertical number line.
200
Order from least to greatest:
3, 0, -3, 8, -6
-6, -3, 0, 3, 8
200
Point A is reflected across the x-axis. These are the coordinates of the reflection.
What are (-1, -2)?
300
Any counting number.
What is an integer?
300
Which of the following would NOT be represented by a negative number?
A shipwreck rests at a depth of 150 feet.
Mr. Lassner has a $1500 debt.
The average temperature on Earth is 59 degrees F.
Death Valley is 280 feet below sea level.
What is 59 degrees?
300
Use an appropriate scale to plot the opposite of 2 1/3 on a number line.
Each number should be broken into three equal parts. -2 1/3 is one tick to the left of -2 in between -2 and -3.
300
The coldest day on Earth was 89 degrees below zero, the average temperature on Mars is 55 degrees below zero.
a) Which is colder?
b)Write an inequality to compare the two temperatures.
A) Coldest day on Earth is colder.
B) -89 < -55 or -55 > -89
300
The distance between points B and D?
What is 8 units?
400
The distance of a |number| from zero. Its value is always positive.
What is absolute value? Magnitude is also acceptable.
400
The temperature in Denver, Colorado at midnight was 5 degrees below zero. At 10 am it was 8 degrees warmer. What was the temperature at 10 am?
What is 3 degrees?
400
The location of the pink dot on the number line.
What is - 3/4?
400
Order the following from least to greatest:
-17.2, -15.15, -16, -17.25, -17.3
-17.3 < -17.25 < -17.2 < -16 < -15.15
400
(-4, 2) (2, 2) and (-4, -3) are three vertices of a rectangle.
A) What are the coordinates of the fourth vertex?
B) What is the perimeter of the rectangle?
A) (2, -3)
B) 22 units
500
Any number that can be written as a fraction.
What is a rational number?
500
A tuna is 8 meters under the surface of the ocean. An octopus is 15 1/2 meters below the surface. How much deeper is the octopus than the tuna?
What is 7 1/2 meters?
500
The distance between P and R on the number line.
What is 0.9?
500
Use absolute value to determine the distance between the following points: (-5, 8) and (-5, -9)
Write an equation to support your answer.
8 + |-9| = 17
500
Kings Dominion maps out its rides on a coordinate plane. Twisted Timbers is at (3, 8) the carousel is at (3, -3).
A) Plot the location of each ride on a coordinate plane.
B) If the distance between intervals is 50 meters, how far apart are the two rides?
A) Graphs must be accurate.
B) 550 meters