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Lesson 1 (Integers)

The document discusses integers and absolute values. It defines positive and negative integers and their positions on the number line. It provides examples of using integers to describe temperatures above and below freezing. It also covers comparing and ordering integers, calculating changes in temperatures over time, and defining absolute value as the distance of a number from zero regardless of its positive or negative value.

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Lesson 1 (Integers)

The document discusses integers and absolute values. It defines positive and negative integers and their positions on the number line. It provides examples of using integers to describe temperatures above and below freezing. It also covers comparing and ordering integers, calculating changes in temperatures over time, and defining absolute value as the distance of a number from zero regardless of its positive or negative value.

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CHAPTER 1

INTEGERS
Positive Integers

Negative Integers

𝐙 = {… , −𝟒 , −𝟑 , −𝟐 , −𝟏 , 𝟎 , 𝟏 , 𝟐 , 𝟑 , 𝟒 , … }

Negative Integers Positive Integers

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Example :

Freezing
Point

I II III
Solution :
I - The reading on the thermometer is 12℃ below zero . So the temperature of the ice cube
is −𝟏𝟐℃ .
II- The reading on the thermometer is 2℃ above freezing point . So the temperature of water
is +𝟐℃ .
III- The reading on the thermometer is 4℃ below freezing point . So the temperature
of fruit juice is −𝟒℃ .
If we compare these result on the thermometer we can easily see that the hotest is water
then fruit juice and the coldest is ice cube.

2 > −4 > −12

Example : Work out the questions below.


1) Write the following temperatures as positive or negative numbers.
a) 2℃ above zero. +𝟐
b) 3℃ below zero. −𝟑
c) 7℃ above freezing point. +𝟕
d) 6℃ below freezing point. −𝟔
e) Freezing point. 𝟎

2) Write down in words , the meaning of the following temperatures.


a) 4℃ 4℃ above zero ( or 𝟒℃ 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭)
b) −8℃ 8℃ below zero ( or 𝟖℃ 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭)
c) 0℃ Freezing point.

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3) Which temperature is higher ?
a) −3℃ or − 9℃ −𝟑℃
b) 6℃ or 15℃ 𝟏𝟓℃
c) −3℃ or 0℃ 𝟎℃
d) 0℃ or 1℃ 𝟏℃

4) Use positive or negative numbers to describe the given quantities.


a) A tennis ball thrown up to height of 7 m. +𝟕
b) 4 minutes before the bus leaves the station. −𝟒
c) 10 minutes after the plane takes off the airport. +𝟏𝟎
d) Walking forward four paces. +𝟒
e) Walking backward seven paces. −𝟕

5) At midday of July the temperature was 30℃ . Five hours later it was 3℃ warmer. What was
the temperature then ?
Solution : 30℃ + 3℃ = 33℃

6) At midnight of December the temperature was 5℃ . Three hours later it was 2℃ colder.
What was the temperature then ?

Solution : 5℃ − 2℃ = 3℃

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Integer Number Line

LESS GREATER

(The line continues left and right forever.)

Zero is neither positive nor negative

❖ A number on the left is less than a number on the right.


Example :

• 5 is less than 8
• −1 is less than 1
• −8 is less than −5
• 0 is less than 6

❖ A number on the right is greater than a number on the left.


Example :

• 8 is greater than 5
• 1 is greater than −1
• −5 is greater than −8
• 0 is greater than −4

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EXERCISES 1
1) Put either “< or >” the between given two numbers.
a) −4 … … − 9 b) 15 … … − 3 c) 7 … … 0

d) −5 … … − 1 e) 2 … … 5 f) −6 … … 0

2) In the given sequence of numbers write the next three numbers.

a) −12 , −8 , −4 , … … , … … , … …
b) 6 , 4 , 2 , … … , … … , … …
c) 10 , 3 , −4 , … … , … … , … …
d) −13 , −8 , −3 , … … , … … , … …

3) Arrange the following integers in ascending order.


−12 , 6 , 0 , −5 , 12 , −34

4) Arrange the following integers in descending order.


5 , − 78 , 0 , −16 , 34 , −41

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Absolute Value
❖ Absolute value describes the distance of a number on the number line from 0 without considering
which direction from zero the number lies. The absolute value of a number is never negative. The
symbol for absolute value is | | .

Example : Work out the absolute value of the following numbers.

a) |+12| = 12
b) |−20| = 20
c) |0| = 0

EXERCISES 2

1) Use one of the symbols “< , > or = ” to compare the given pair of numbers.

a) −12 … … − 5 b) |−13| … … |−21| c) |−20| … … |20|

d) −4 … … |−15| e) |−15| … … |+11| f) |0| … … |−5|

2) Rearrange the numbers 16 , −5 , −45 , 27 , −42 , 0 , −54 in order of size, smallest first.

3) Rearrange the numbers −78 , +18 , 0 , −20 , −100 , 0 , +78 in order of size, largest first.

4) At 4 pm the temperature was 5℃ . By midnight it had fallen to −2℃. How much did it
fall?

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