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Do Now 8/16. Please do this on a separate sheet of paper, not in a journal. You will need two pieces of paper today. 12 – 7 = ___ 7 – 12 = ___ Is your answer to question (a) and (b) the same? Why or why not?
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Do Now 8/16 Please do this on a separate sheet of paper, not in a journal. You will need two pieces of paper today. • 12 – 7 = ___ • 7 – 12 = ___ • Is your answer to question (a) and (b) the same? Why or why not? • WITHOUT solving this problem, HOW do you know if the answer is positive or negative? 534 – 944 = ____
Absolute Value August 16, 2013
Agenda • Learning Goal: I can explain how and when to use absolute value. • Do Now • How Old is Tiger Woods? • Absolute Value Quickwrite & Practice
4 units 4 units –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 A number’s absolute value is its distance from 0 on a number line. |–4| = |4| =
4 units 4 units –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 A number’s absolute value is its distance from 0 on a number line. |–4| = 4 |4| = 4
Try these problems: • |-100| = • |33| = • |3 - 12| = • |12 – 3| =
Is it the same? • Look at your Do Now. We said that 12 – 7 = 5 and that 7 – 12 = -5. • What about |12 – 7| and |7 – 12|? Will the answers be the same? • What about 7 – 12 and|7 – 12|? Will the answers be the same?
Make 4 Columns • Fold your paper in half twice hot dog style and label your columns
Guess their Ages • Guess the age of each celebrity. • Write down their NAME and your GUESS in the appropriate column.
Tiger Woods Age ?
Ellen Degeneres Age ?
Jennifer Lawrence Age ?
Oprah Winfrey Age ?
Leonardo DiCaprio Age ?
Barry Bonds Age ?
Regis Philbin Age ?
Jeremy Lin Age ?
Martha Stewart Age ?
George W. Bush Age ?
Bill Gates Age ?
J. K. Rowling Age ?
Barack Obama Age ?
Michelle Obama Age ?
Tiger Woods Age 37
Ellen Degeneres Age 55
Jennifer Lawrence Age 22
Oprah Winfrey Age 59
Leonardo DiCaprio Age 38
Barry Bonds Age 49
Regis Philbin Age 81
Jeremy Lin Age 24
Martha Stewart Age 72
George W. Bush Age 67
Bill Gates Age 57
J. K. Rowling Age 48
Barack Obama Age 52
Michelle Obama Age 49
Who’s the best guesser? • How can we calculate who is the best guesser?
Exit Ticket: True or False: If two numbers are opposites, then they have the same absolute value. Give me an example of why you picked true or false..