Algebra 8

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grade/Wheeler Use integers and rational numbers
Properties of Real Numbers

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Find the opposite and the absolute value.
a and |a|
1. a = 6 2. a = -3

3. a = - 1

4. a = 2.7


Identify the hypothesis and the conclusion of the conditional statement. Tell whether the statement is
true or false. If false give a counterexample.
5. If a number is a positive integer, then the number is a whole number.


6. If a number is negative, then its opposite is positive.



Evaluate the expression when x = -0.75
7. x 8. |x| + |x|



9. In golf, the goal is to have the least score among all the players. Which golf score, -8 or -12, is the
better score?