Transcript Integers and Absolute Value

Integers and Absolute Value
Saturday, April 2, 2016
We are learning to…compare integers
and find the absolute value of numbers
using a number line.
What is an integer?
Integers
Non-Integers
Vocabulary
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Based on the chart that we made
above, what do you believe what
makes a number belong in the integer
group?
Share your ideas with your group.
Integer - the set of number that
includes: positive and negative whole
numbers and zero.
Symbols For Comparing Numbers
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“greater than”:
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“less than”:
<
>
Comparing Integers
1. 4
>
−5
< −2
7. −5 < −3
4. −6
2. 8
5. −5
>
>
>8. 3
>
3. 0
-1
−8
6. −10
−9
<
<9. −7
−7
−1
−6
right find the larger value on a number line.
Always look for the number farthest to the ______to
Put the following numbers in
order from least to greatest:
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a. 12, −12, 6, −1, −5, 0
-12, -5, -1, 0, 6, 12
_________________
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b. −8, −7, 4, 0, 10, −14
-14, -8. -7, 0, 4, 10
_________________
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c. 23, −19, −85, −100, 54, −42
-100,
-85, -42, -19, 23, 54
_________________
Work independently to write the next group of
numbers in order from least to greatest.
Vocabulary
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Absolute Value – The distance a
number is away from 0 on a number
line.
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Symbol:
#
Find the absolute value of the following
integers using the number line:
3 of
Distance
Distance
6 of Distance
Distance
ofDistance
9 ofDistance
0 Distance
of 3of 5of 7
6
6 = ________
9
9 = ________
5
5 = ________
3 = ________
3
7
7 = ________
3 = ________
3
0
0 = ________
Find the Absolute Value of the remaining
questions…
Fix the Common Mistake:
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Wendy thinks that 39  39 because it’s
the opposite of 39. Help her fix her
mistake. Use pictures and words to
help her correct her thinking so she
does not make the mistake anymore.