Compare and order integers.

1. What is the opposite of 5 ?

2. What is the opposite of −9 ?

3. What is the value of |–2| ?

4. |13| = ?

5. Think of a situation described by a positive integer.

6. Write about a situation described by a negative integer.

Complete each statement using > or <

– 4 0

–3 –5

– 6 7<

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Seneca, Oregon is located in the mountains of Eastern Oregon. Seneca holds the record for the lowest temperature ever recorded in Oregon at –54 F in February 1933. ⁰This table shows the 4 lowest temps in Seneca since 1948. List the temperatures from least to greatest.

Use a number line:

– 48, – 43, – 41, – 40

Complete each statement with < or >

1. 0 −11

2. −45 −54

Order each set from least to greatest.

3. 4, −1, 0, −8, 9

>

>

-8, -1, 0, 4, 9

What do you find to be the trickiest part about ordering integers?