Comparing and Ordering Integers

Topics for Today:

Absolute value is an important mathematical concept that is applied in many areas.  Absolute value is a number's distance from zero.  Because we are looking at a distance, we are only concerned about positive values.  Absolute value is always positive!

We discussed integers today and also defined what number opposites are (additive inverses).  Using a number line, we also compared the size of numbers using inequality symbols and analyzed integers to put in the in order from least to greatest.

Vocabulary:

opposites, integers, absolute value

Sections Covered in Textbook:

1-6: Comparing and Ordering Integers (pages 34-38)

Resources & Tutorials:

1) What is an integer?
2) What does absolute value mean?

3) Comparing and Ordering Integers Class Notes