Integers and Rational Numbers

Vocabulary

100

The distance that a number is from zero on the number line is its ______________.

absolute value

200

The counting numbers, their opposites, and zero are ____________________.

Integers

300

Numbers that are located on the opposite sides of zero and are the same distance from zero on a number line are ______________.

Opposites

400

Any number that can be written as the quotient a/b, where a and b are integers and b does not equal zero, is a _______________.

Rational number

500

A mathematical sentence stating that two expressions are equal.

equation

Opposites

100

Write the opposite of the integer.

-12

12

200

Write the opposite of the integer.

33

-33

300

Write the opposite of the integer.

0

0

400

Write the opposite of the integer.

-(-56)

-56

500

Write the opposite of the integer.

-(-19)

-19

Compare

100

-1/3  ___ -1

-1/3 > -1

200

-2 ___ -2.1

-2 > -2.1

300

-4  1/2 ___ -3.9

  -4  1/2 < -3.9

400

7  3/4 ___ 7.75

7  3/4 = 7.75

500

-0.66 ___ -3/4

-0.66 > -3/4

Ordering from least to greatest

100

7, -8, -4, 5

-8, -4, 5, 7

200

-4/5, -1/2, 0.25, -0.2

-4/5, -1/2, -0.2, 0.25

300

4.75, -2  1/2.  -3/8, 9/2

-2  1/2, -3/8, 9/2, 4.75

400

-3/8, 1  1/2, -0.5, -0.9

-0.9, -0.5, -3/8, 1  1/2

500

-3.05, -3  1/2, -10/3, 3

-3  1/2, -10/3, -3.05, 3

Ordering from greatest to least

100

-8/5, -2, 1.5, 4/3

1.5, 4/3, -8/5, -2

200

-14, -25, 7, -1

7, -1, -14, -25

300

-3.35, -3  1/8, -3  3/4, -3.1

-3.1, -3  1/8, -3.35, -3  3/4

400

-6  1/4, -6.35, -6  1/5, -6.1

-6.1, -6  1/5, -6  1/4, -6.35

500

-0.33, -1/4, 0.35, 3/5

3/5, 0.35, -1/4, -0.33