Absolute Value of Rational Numbers
Understanding and determining the absolute value of numbers. Finding the distance between two points plotted on a number line. Solving real-world problems that involve understanding the absolute value of a number.
Mapped to CCSS Section# 7.NS.A.1b
Understand p + q as the number located a distance |q| from p, in the positive or negative direction depending on whether q is positive or negative. Show that a number and its opposite have a sum of 0 (are additive inverses). Interpret sums of rational numbers by describing real-world contexts.