Absolute Values
Maria moved from –4 to 3 on the number line. What is the total distance she traveled?
7 units
Alvin’s score in a card game is 6 points below from zero. If Miles’s score is the opposite of Alvin’s, what is Miles’s score?
6
Steven draws a map of his family’s flower garden. He wants to plant Sunflowers 6 feet away from the Verbenas and 5 feet away from the Zinnias. Graph and label the location where he should plant the Sunflowers. (see paper for coordinate plane)
(-2, 2)
Ms. Lei drew a plan for serving dinner at a graduation party. Food stations are located at R (-3, -2), S (4, -2), and T (4,3)
Graph and label the points to show the locations of the food stations. Where should Ms. Killian place a fourth food station if she wants to have the station form a rectangle?
(-3, 3)
Order the rational numbers in order from least to greatest.
-6; 8; -9; 13
-9, -6, 8, 13
Jordan’s bank account shows –25 dollars. What does the absolute value of his balance tell us?
That he is $25 away from 'breaking even,' or having no money and also no debt.
Two cities had low temperatures for the day of 10 and 5 degrees below zero. Write the temperature closest to zero as an integer.
-5
Write an ordered pair for the point in Quadrant IV that is 4 units away from point S (-1.5, -2.5) on the coordinate plane.
(2.5, -2.5)
Point E is located at (-5, 2). Point M is the reflection of point E across the y-axis. What is the distance between E and M? In what quadrant is point M?
The distance between E and M is 10. It is in quadrant 1.
Order the rational numbers in order from least to greatest.
−3/4, 0.6, −1.2, 2/3, −0.5
−1.2, −3/4, −0.5, 2/3, 0.6
(See paper) The table shows the temperatures in different cities around the world. Part A) Order the temperatures from coldest to warmest. Part B) Order the absolute values of the temperatures from least to greatest.
A) -22, -13, -6, 15, 18
B) 6, 13, 15, 18, 22
(See paper) Graph and label point A at 2 1/2, point B at -2.75, and point C at -0.25 on the number line below.
Write an ordered pair for a point in Quadrant I that is 5 units away from point T(-3, 2) on the coordinate plane.
(2,2)
A farmer is designing a rectangular garden on a coordinate grid. The garden’s corners are located at points
A(-4, 2), B(3, 2), C(3, -6), and D(-4, -6).
What is the perimeter of the garden?
30 units
Order the rational numbers in order from least to greatest.
−3/2, 0.25, −0.75, 2/3, −1
−3/2 (−1.5), −1, −0.75, 0.25, 2/3