6th Grade Math Textbook, Progress

Integers

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Negative integers

are less than 0.

Positive integers

are greater than 0.

Zero is neither

positive nor negative.

Read:negative 2

Write: 2

Read:positive 2

Write:
2 or 2

opposites

• Two integers are opposites (additive inverses)
  if they are the same distance from zero on the
  number line, but are on opposite sides of zero.
  Each integer has an opposite.
  The opposite of
  2 is 2. Write: (
  2) =  2
  The opposite of 2 is
  2. Write: (2) =
  2
  The opposite of 0 is 0. Write: (0) = 0


• The absolute value of an integer is its distance
  from zero on a number line.
  The absolute value of 2 is 2. Write: ⏐ 2 ⏐ 2
  The absolute value of
  2 is 2. Write: ⏐
  2 ⏐ 2
  The absolute value of 0 is 0. Write: ⏐ 0 ⏐ 0

Positive integers

are commonly written

without the positive sign.

A mountain peak has an altitude of

11,560 ft above sea level. A desert location

has an altitude of 185 ft below sea level.

You can write these numbers as integers.

Integers are the whole numbers and their

opposites. They are either positive,

negative, or zero.

0 ft sea level


11,560 ft above sea level

185 ft below sea level

A number line can help you see the

relationship between integers.

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