Integers

Writing Integers Match the situation with the integer. a drop of 200 feet -200 earn 10 points 10 gain 2 pounds 2 an expansion of 3 cubic meters 3 reduce by 8 inches -8 a drop of 7 degrees -7 Use the vocabulary to fill in the blank spaces. The greater the distance a number is from 0, the greater its absolute value . As you move farther away from 0 on a number line, negative numbers get smaller, and positive numbers get larger. This means that as the actual value of negative numbers decreases , its absolute value increases, and as the actual value of positive numbers increases , its absolute value increases. Complete each comparison using the inequality symbol that makes the statement true. < -8 ? -5 -5 ? 8 > [-8] ? -5 8 ? -5 = [-8] ? [8] 5 ? [-5]