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Unit 7 · Standard 6.NOS.8

🔑 Understand Absolute Value of Rational Numbers — Vocab Explorer

Lesson 7-3 · Learn the words, then practice them

① Word Wall

Look at the picture, read the meaning, and tap 🔊 to hear each word.

Illustration of Integers and Absolute Value: Integers are whole numbers and their opposites; absolute value is their distance from zero.
Integers and Absolute Value

ES Enteros y valor absoluto

Integers are whole numbers and their opposites; absolute value is their distance from zero.

Los enteros son números enteros y sus opuestos; el valor absoluto es su distancia desde cero.

Illustration of Integer: Whole numbers and their opposites, like -2, -1, 0, 1, 2.
Integer

ES Número entero

Whole numbers and their opposites, like -2, -1, 0, 1, 2.

Un número entero que puede ser positivo, negativo o cero.

Illustration of Positive: A number bigger than zero, to the right of zero on a number line.
Positive

ES Positivo

A number bigger than zero, to the right of zero on a number line.

Un número mayor que cero, a la derecha del cero en la recta numérica.

Illustration of Negative: A number smaller than zero, to the left of zero on a number line.
Negative

ES Negativo

A number smaller than zero, to the left of zero on a number line.

Un número menor que cero, a la izquierda del cero en la recta numérica.

Illustration of Absolute value: How far a number is from zero. It is never negative.
Absolute value

ES Valor absoluto

How far a number is from zero. It is never negative.

Qué tan lejos está un número de cero. Nunca es negativo.

Illustration of Opposite: Two numbers the same distance from zero, on opposite sides, like 3 and -3.
Opposite

ES Opuesto

Two numbers the same distance from zero, on opposite sides, like 3 and -3.

Dos números a la misma distancia de cero, en lados opuestos, como 3 y -3.

Illustration of Rational number: A number that can be written as a fraction of two integers, with a bottom number that is not zero.
Rational number

ES Número racional

A number that can be written as a fraction of two integers, with a bottom number that is not zero.

Un número que se puede escribir como una fracción de dos enteros, con un denominador que no sea cero.

Illustration of Magnitude: The size of a number; its distance from zero.
Magnitude

ES Magnitud

The size of a number; its distance from zero.

El tamaño de un número; su distancia de cero.

② Match it

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③ Fill in the blank

Use the word bank to finish each sentence.

Word bank
Integers and Absolute ValueIntegerPositiveNegativeAbsolute valueOppositeRational numberMagnitude
  1. 1The distance of an integer from zero is its .
  2. 2A whole number or its opposite, like −2, 0, or 5, is an .
  3. 3A number greater than zero is .
  4. 4A number less than zero is .
  5. 5The distance of a number from zero, never negative, is its .
  6. 6Two numbers the same distance from zero but on different sides, like 4 and −4, are .
  7. 7A number you can write as a fraction of two integers, with a bottom number that is not zero, is a .
  8. 8Another word for the size of a number is its .

④ Use it in a sentence

Pick one word and finish the sentence in your own words.

A is .