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Adding and Subtracting Integers
ACTIVITY 1.2
continued
Changing Elevations
Changing Elevations
SUGGESTED LEARNING STRATEGIES: Think Aloud,
Summarize/Paraphrase/Retell, Think/Pair/Share, Quickwrite
My Notes
My Notes
12. Evaluate each expression.
MATH TERMS
a. |-128|
b. |56|
c. |0|
The absolute value of a number
is its distance from zero on
a number line. Distance or
Th e students in Ms. Flower’s class were starting to get excited about
absolute value is always positive,
their fi eld trip, but Lindsay was concerned that they would not be
so |-6| = 6 and |6| = 6.
able to stay warm at night. When camping, even when it is very hot
during the day, it can be very cold at night. Lindsay decided to do
some research on sleeping bags.
Th e temperature rating of a sleeping bag describes the lowest
outside temperature at which the bag will keep a sleeper warm.
13. Look at each situation below and decide if the sleeping bag
is the correct bag for the temperature of the camping location
based on the rating of the bag.
Sleeping Bag
Outside
Will sleeper
Location
Rating
Temperature
be warm?
Alamosa,
+35
60º
Colorado
Yellowstone
-10º
0
National Park
St. Cloud,
-10
-3º
Minnesota
Bartlett, New
-20
15º
Hampshire
Fairbanks,
+15
-4º
Alaska
14. List the locations for which the sleeping bags are not rated for
the temperature and explain why.
15. How did being able to compare integers help you know which
sleeping bag would keep a sleeper warm? Explain below.
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