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Negative Number Basics
Identifying Quadrants
100

the set of whole numbers and their opposites

What is an integer?

100

The temperature at 7:00 AM was -3°F. By noon, the temperature increased by 10 degrees. What is the temperature at noon?

7

100

The four sections of a coordinate plane, divided by the x-axis and y-axis.

What are quadrants?

100

This is the opposite of -7.

What is 7?

100

The quadrant where the point (-5, 3) is located.

What is Quadrant II?

200

Numbers that are less than 0

What are negative numbers

200

A submarine is at an elevation of -250 feet below sea level. If it rises 120 feet, what is its new elevation?

What is 130 feet?

200

The mirror image of a point across an axis

What is the reflection?

200

This is the absolute value of -12.

What is 12?

200

The quadrant where the point (4, -2) is found.

What is Quadrant IV?

300

Two numbers that are the same distance from zero on a number line but on opposite sides.

What are opposite numbers?

300

Sarah owes $15 to her friend. If she pays back $8, how much does she still owe?

What is $7?

300

Numbers greater than zero.

What are positive numbers?

300

On a number line, this number is located 4 units to the left of zero.

What is -4?

300

The quadrant where the point (-7, -8) is located.

What is Quadrant III?

400

The distance a number is from zero on a number line, without considering the direction.

What is absolute value?

400

Mark has $20 in his bank account. He writes a check for $35. What is the new balance in his account?

What is -$15?

400

A line that shows numbers in order, with positive numbers on the right of zero and negative numbers on the left.

What is a number line?

400

The sum of -3 and -6.

What is -9?

400

The quadrant where the point (6, 9) is found.

What is Quadrant I?

500

A two-dimensional surface on which points are plotted, with one axis representing positive and negative numbers horizontally (x-axis) and the other vertically (y-axis).

What is the coordinate plane?

500

A mountain climber is 100 feet below the summit. If she climbs up 60 feet and then climbs down 40 feet, how far is she from the summit now?

What is 80 feet?

500

any number that can be written in the form ab\frac{a}{b}ba, where aaa and bbb are integers and bbb is not zero.

What is a rational number?

500

The result when you subtract -5 from 8.

What is 13?

500

The point (0, 0) is located here on the coordinate plane.

What is the origin?