7th Grade Math

Integers and the Coordinate Plane

PART A BC

Multi-Part

Lesson 1

Get ConnectED

76 Integers

Absolute Value

SCUBA DIVING A scuba diver is diving at -130 feet. At the same time,

a hiker is at the top of a cliff 130 feet above the surface of the water.

Compare and contrast -130 feet and 130 feet.

What do you need to find? how -130 feet and 130 feet are the

same and how they are different

• 130 f t

130 f t

Both the hiker and the diver are the same distance from the

surface of the water. The hiker is above and the diver is below.

the Results

1. Write about a real-world situation with two values that can be
   represented by -10 and 10. Compare and contrast them.


2. Refer to the street map

Main Street

Broadway

Middle SchoolLocust Street Peggy LanePark Street

Street

at the right. Compare

and contrast walking

from the house to the

school and walking from

the house to the park.

3. E WRITE MATH Find the definition of absolute in a dictionary.
   Explain how the definition could be applied to math.

Main Idea

Use models to find the

absolute value of an

integer.

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