Opposites
Absolute Value
Comparing
Least to Greatest
Potpourri
100

What is the opposite of -2?

2

100

What is absolute value?

How far a number is from zero/how much a number is worth

100

Compare: -2 ___ 3

-2 < 3
100

What is a horizontal number line? A vertical number line?

Horizontal - side to side

Vertical - up to down

100

What is the big guy at City Park named?

Johnny Kaw

200

What is the opposite of 100?

-100

200

Why should you know the absolute value of something?

Then you know how much the number is worth/the number means something more than just a number

200

Compare: 20 __ 20

20 = 20

200

On a vertical number line, where are the positive numbers? The negative?

Positive - top

Negative - down

200

Harry Potter and the ______ of the Phoenix.

Order

300

What is the opposite of 1,284?

-1,284

300

What is the sign that represents absolute value? Give an example.

Lines on the sides - l 2 l = 2

300

Compare: l -2 l ___ l 2 l

=

300

Order these numbers least to greatest: 15, -14, 7, 2, -5, -6, -9

-14, -9, -6, -5, 2, 7, 15

300

What is gluten?

The protein in a grain that causes the food to stick together (that's why gluten free food often falls apart if it's not made correctly). 

400

Why would it be important to know the opposite of a number?

Because then you can determine how much it is worth AND you can also determine what a number really means (think: having a negative bank statement).

400

What is the absolute value of -327?

327

400

Compare: l 2 + 4 l __ l 12-6 l

=

400

Order these greatest to least: -182, -140, -122, -50, 51, 112, 175

175, 112, 51, -50, -122, -140, -182

400

What is tofu made of?

Soybeans

500

Name two numbers that are opposite of each other and explain why they are opposite.

You choose. I’ll just see if you’re right.

500

There are two numbers that have an absolute value of 12. What are those two numbers? Which one of those is greater than 8?

-12, 12

12

500

Why would it be important to be able to compare numbers?

Because then you know what is bigger. You can be more logical then.

500

Make a vertical numberline to represent these: -8, -6, -2, 1, 3, 4

Let me see. I’ll check it out.

500

What are the multiples of 12, all the way up to 12 times 12?

0, 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, 96, 108, 120, 132, 144