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Worksheet: Brief Review: Distance Measures on a Number Line

Worksheet: Brief Review: Distance Measures on a Number Line (Worksheet)

Distance Measures on a Number Line

A Brief Review of Number Lines

A number line is a horizontal line with equally spaced tic marks representing numbers.

An image of a number line.

You can use a number line to represent numbers on a number line.

An image of two numbers on a number line.

Distance on a Number Line

For any two numbers on a number line, you can find the distance between the two numbers.

An image of two numbers on a number line and the distance between them.

You can find the distance between the two numbers by subtracting.

Using subtraction to find the distance between two numbers on a number line.

Distance is always positive, so find the absolute value of the difference.

Finding the distance between two numbers on a number line.

This technique will also work with negative numbers.

Finding the distance between two numbers on a number line.



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Common Core Standards CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.NS.B.4
Grade Range 6 - 12
Curriculum Nodes Algebra
    • The Language of Math
        • Numerical Expressions
Copyright Year 2014
Keywords brief review of integers, integers, integer addition, integer subtraction, adding integers, subtracting integers, comparing integers, algebra, numbers, positive numbers, negative numbers, algebra tiles, number line, absolute value, math worksheets