1-2 Compare and Order Integers
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Integers increase in value as you move from On a horizontal number line:
left to right on a horizontal number line. • To order from least to
greatest, start with the
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 integer farthest to the left.
4 is to the right of 10, so 4 is greater than 10. 10, 7, 4, 5
Write 4 10. • To order from greatest to
least, start with the integer
5 is to the right of 7, so 5 is greater than 7. farthest to the right.
Write 5 7. 5, 4, 7, 10
Write the integer for each exercise.
1. 3 ⴚ3 2. (4) 3. |18| 4. |5| 5. |7| 6. |1|
Write the integer that comes just before and just after each number.
7. 1 8. 19 9. 8 10. 50
ⴚ2 and 0
11. 0 12. 79 13. (10) 14. |6|
Compare. Write ⬍, ⫽, or ⬎.
15. 4 ⬍ 7 16. 3 1 17. 2 0 18. 0 4
19. 1 1 20. 3 6 21. 6 3 22. 3 8
23. 14 12 24. 42 50 25. 25 26 26. 58 59
27. 17 (13) 28. 18 (18) 29. (36) 36 30. (100) 1000
31. 5 |5| 32. 2 |2| 33. |7| 7 34. 14 |5|
35. (4) |4| 36. |8| (8) 37. (51) |22| 38. (22) |51|
True or False. Explain.
39. A positive integer is always greater than 0. 40. A negative integer is not less than 0.
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True: Positive integers are always to the
right of 0 on a number line and are ⬎ 0.
41. A negative integer is always less than a 42. A positive integer is never greater than
positive integer. a negative integer.
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Order from least to greatest.
43. 0, ⫺6, 5, 3, ⫺3 44. ⫺7, 0, ⫺3, ⫺5, 6 45. 27, ⫺15, 11, ⫺11, 0
ⴚ6, ⴚ3, 0, 3, 5
46. 21, ⫺16, ⫺3, ⫺1, |⫺19 | 47. 3, ⫺6, |⫺4 |, ⫺3 48. ⫺321, ⫺415, 321, 163
Order from greatest to least.
49. ⫺8, ⫺3, ⫺5, ⫺1 50. ⫺16, ⫺19, ⫺9, ⫺6 51. ⫺4, ⫺6, ⫺8, 1, 0
ⴚ1, ⴚ3, ⴚ5, ⴚ8
52. ⫺5, ⫺3, ⫺16, ⫺12 53. ⫺(⫺8), 18, ⫺28, ⫺10 54. 20, 25, 40, ⫺|⫺20 |
Solve. Show your work.
55. Meteorology The TV weather forecaster 56. Chemistry Order the melting points of
recorded the daily low temperatures for the these elements in degrees Celsius from least
week: ⫺10⬚C, 5⬚C, 8⬚C, ⫺4⬚C, ⫺11⬚C, 4⬚C, to greatest: hydrogen, ⫺259⬚C; chlorine,
and ⫺1⬚C. List these Celsius temperatures ⫺103⬚C; helium, ⫺272⬚C; and oxygen,
from highest to lowest. ⫺218⬚C.
Order from highest to lowest
Positive: 8, 5, 4
Negative: ⴚ1, ⴚ4, ⴚ10, ⴚ11
8, 5, 4, ⴚ1, ⴚ4, ⴚ10, ⴚ11
57. Topography The Dead Sea is 1312 feet 58. The temperature on Wednesday was
below sea level. Death Valley is 282 feet 4 degrees Celsius. On Thursday the
below sea level. Which point is lower? temperature was ⫺5 degrees Celsius.
Which temperature was higher?
59. Which set of integers is ordered from 60. Which absolute value has the least value?
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greatest to least?
A. ⫺1, 2, 0, ⫺3 F. |14|
B. 0, ⫺1, 2, ⫺3 G. |⫺18|
C. ⫺3, 2, ⫺1, 0 H. |⫺27|
D. 0, ⫺1, ⫺2 J. |23|
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