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What are integers?

Positive, negative whole numbers and .

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Positive whole numbers only.

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Negative whole numbers only.

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Just .

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Any number that is real.

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Explanation

Integers are values you would find on a number line.

They are whole numbers that exist in positive and negative values. What divides them is the number .

So integers are essentially positive, negative whole numbers and .

2

Which of the following numbers is between and ?

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0

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Explanation

The answer will lie in the range between negative one and a half. Convert all the values given to integer or fractional form.

is undefined.

Of all the possible answers, will fall between the given range.

The answer is:

3

Put the following numbers in order from least to greatest:

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Explanation

, remembering that, then the most negative number is first, the least negative is last.

Therefore,

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Thus when we put them in order we get,

4

For all negative values of , where , what is the correct order, from least to greatest, for the following expressions?

a)

b)

c)

c,b,a

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c,a,b

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a,b,c

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a,c,b

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b,a,c

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Explanation

The easiest approach to this problem is to pick a value for X, and plug it in.

If we use , then then expression

a) .

b)

c)

The order from least to greatest is C,B,A