Distance Between Numbers
using the variables "a" and "b", what would the distance formula be?
either |a - b| or |b - a|
Simplify 3 - 4 + 12
11
Simplify 33
27
Sketch -40 + 60 on a number line and state the answer.
20
What is the absolute value of the opposite of 5? Work must represent the problem stated.
|-5| = 5
Using the distance formula, what is the distance between -240 and -1?
239
If the only two operations in the problem are addition and subtraction, how do you decide which one to do first?
Which ever one comes first, meaning, from left to right.
Simplify -33
-27
Sketch -1 - 4 on a number line and state the answer.
-5
What is the opposite of the absolute value of -6? Work must represent the previous statement.
-|-6| = -6
Henry held a penny above his head at a height of 6 feet then dropped it into a well that was 42 feet deep. What was the distance the penny fell? label your answer.
48 feet
Simplify [45 + (4)(-5)] -(-9)
34
Simplify (13)(3)1
3
(-3)(-1)(-4)(-10)(-1)
-120
absolute value of -13
13
Why can't any integer represent a distance?
Distance cannot be negative.
(-4 - 1)/50
-5
Simplify [(-1)31]
-1
What is the definition of integers?
Whole numbers and their opposites.
-(-9)
9
Find the distance between -3 and 7.
10
4(-3 + 1) + 6 – 12
-14
{(-10)1}0
(Showing work is optional)
1
List all of the natural numbers.
1, 2, 3, ...
Because everything would be positive.