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10.1 Integers
MA THPOWERTM

Seven, pp. 344-345

x--(

l.

-5 is the opposite of +5

T--tl--t--I -+I--tl--+-I -+1---11--+-1

-+1-+

-7 -6 -5 -4

-3

-2 -1

Negative integers are

smaller than o.

Zero is
neither positive
nor negative.

Write each integer in words.

+1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7
Positive integers
greater than

are

o.

1. +4

Use an integer to represent each statement. Use

another integer to represent its opposite.

2.

25. eight degrees Celsius below zero

3.

-6
0

4. +12

26. sixty metres above sea level

5. -18
6.

-9
27. a profit of twenty-five

dollars

Write each of the following as an integer.

7. a loss of six points
28. a loss of eleven points

8. a gain of eleven points

9. four degrees Celsius above zero

10. two degrees Celsius below zero

29. nine steps down

It. down twenty metres

12. up nine metres

30. three seconds after liftoff

Write the opposite of each integer.

13.

. -4

14.

+21

15.

+6

16.

-2

18.

+1

17.

-33

31. [osh starts a game with 0 points. If he

loses 6 points, gains 9 points, gains 3 points,
loses 2 points, and gains 5 points, what is
his final score?

Complete the table.

Starting
Temperature
(CC)
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.

128

+9
+3
0
-1

-5
-3

Change
(CC)
down 4
down 6

Final
Temperature

eo

32. The temperature at noon was 4C. Over

the next 6 hours, the temperature rose 2"C,
rose 3C, dropped 1C, dropped 2C, rose
TC, and dropped 4C. What was the
temperature at 18:00?

upS
down 3
up3
up4

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