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REAL

NUMBER
LINE
RONNIE E. HAYA
TRUE or FALSE: If n is a real number, then
is positive.
What is the largest integer less than
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REAL NUMBER LINE
The real number line is a representation of all the real numbers on a horizontal line such
that each point on the line corresponds to a real number and every real number
corresponds to a point on the line.
Compare the integers. Use < or >.

4 > -4

–7–6–5–4–3–2–1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

4 is farther to the right than -4, so 4 > -4.


Remember!
The symbol < means “is less than,” and the
symbol > means “is greater than.”
ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE: Use a number line to order
the integers from least to greatest.

–5, 4, –3, 2, –1, –2

–8 –7–6–5–4 –3–2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

The numbers in order from least to greatest


are –5, –3, –2, –1, 2, and 4.
The opposite of any real number y
is −y. Opposite real numbers are the same
distance from the origin. On a number line, but
their graphs lie on opposite sides of the origin
and the numbers have opposite signs.
Illustrative Example : Graphing Integers and Their
Opposites on a Number Line
Graph the integer -7 and its opposite on a
number line.

7 units 7 units

–7–6–5–4–3–2–1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

The opposite of –7 is 7.
Illustrative Example

Graph the integer -5 and its opposite on a


number line.

5 units 5 units

–7–6–5–4–3–2–1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

The opposite of –5 is 5.
A number’s absolute value is its
distance from 0 on a number line. Since
distance can never be negative, absolute
values are never negative. They are
always positive or zero.
Use a number line to find each absolute value.
|8|
8 units

–8 –7–6–5–4 –3–2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

8 is 8 units from 0, so |8| = 8.


Use a number line to find each absolute value.
|–12|

12 units

–12 –11 –10 –9 –8 –7 –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2

–12 is 12 units from 0, so |–12| = 12.


Use a number line to find the absolute value.
-3

3 units

•
–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5

3
If 5 + x − 3(x − 3) ≥ x + 1, what is
largest integer that x can take?
Definition of Midpoint

The midpoint M of 𝑷𝑸 is the point


between P and Q such that PM = QM.

P M Q
Midpoint Formula
1. On a number line, the
coordinate of the midpoint of a
segment whose endpoints have
coordinates a and b is a  b
2
a M b 28
M 3
-2 8 2
Find two real numbers that are 8/5 away
from −3/2.

Find the rational number halfway between


and .

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