Integer Detective
This integer represents a temperature of 6 degrees below zero.
What is −6?
This integer is the opposite of −7
7
This is the absolute value of −8.
8
Of −4 and 3, this integer is greater.
3
This integer represents $20 owed.
-20
A player's score changes by −9 points. This describes what happened to the score.
What is a decrease of 9 points?
On a number line, this integer is the same distance from zero as 12, but on the opposite side.
-12
These two integers both have an absolute value of 11.
11 and -11
This symbol correctly completes −13 ___ −8.
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A diver is at −13 meters and a swimmer is at −5 meters. This person is farther below sea level.
the diver
A bank balance is −$18. After money is deposited, the balance becomes this integer: −$5, −$24, or −$30.
What is −$5?
A cave is 15 feet below sea level. This elevation is the opposite of the cave's elevation.
15 feet
A bird is 24 meters above sea level and a fish is 24 meters below sea level. This describes their distances from sea level.
equal or the same
Put −7, 2, −3, and 0 in order from least to greatest.
−7, −3, 0, 2
Team A's score changes by −6 points. Team B's changes by 2 points. This inequality compares their changes.
−6 < 2
A hiker is at −14 feet and then moves to −6 feet. This describes the direction of the hiker's movement relative to zero.
What is upward/toward zero or to the right?
These two opposite integers are each 19 units from zero.
−19 and 19
Of −16, 12, and −9, this integer has the greatest distance from zero.
-16
Three cities have temperatures of −11°F, −4°F, and 6°F. This temperature is the coldest.
−11°F
Four measurements are −5, 3, 0, and −2. This is their order from least to greatest.
−5, −2, 0, 3
This negative integer is greater than −15, less than −10, and divisible by 4.
What is −12?
Two opposite integers are 52 units apart on a number line.
−26 and 26
These are all the integers whose absolute values are greater than 5 but less than 8.
−7, −6, 6, and 7
Consider |−9|, −4, |−6|, and 0. This is their order from least to greatest.
−4, 0, 6, 9
A submarine is at −18 meters. A bird is at 14 meters. This one is farther from sea level, and this is how much farther.
the submarine, by 4 meters