What Are Integers?: Integers and The Number Line
What Are Integers?: Integers and The Number Line
What Are Integers?: Integers and The Number Line
INTEGERS?
Integers and the
Number Line
LET’S
DISCOVER
From 0 degrees Celsius, the
temperature increased by 5 degrees
in the morning. In the evening, it
decreased by 10 degrees. How can
we represent these values using
integers?
DEFINITION OF
INTEGERS
Integers consist of all positive whole numbers, negative whole numbers
and zero.
Zero is neither
positive nor negative.
-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
NEGATIVE INTEGERS POSITIVE INTEGERS
-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
Because 4 is positive, we plot 4 units to the right of 0.
PLOTTING INTEGERS
ON A NUMBER LINE
Locate the corresponding point to the left or to the right of 0.
-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
-10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
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LET’S RECALL
Answer the following to check your understanding.
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