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Standards/Math/Alabama/7.4.d

7.4.d

7.4 Apply and extend knowledge of operations of whole numbers, fractions, and decimals to add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers including integers, signed fractions, and decimals.
7.4.a
7.4.b
7.4.c
7.4.d
7.4.e
7.4.f
7.4.g

Use a number line to demonstrate that the distance between two rational numbers on the number line is the absolute value of their difference, and apply this principle in real-world contexts.

Example Problems
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Khan Academy Resources
Subtracting negative numbers reviewSubtracting negative numbersSubstitution with negative numbersInterpret negative number addition and subtraction expressionsOrdering negative number expressionsInterpreting negative number statementsAbsolute value to find distanceNumber equations & number linesAddition & subtraction: find the missing valueOne-step equations with negatives (add & subtract)Understand subtraction as adding the oppositeSubtracting a negative = adding a positiveAbsolute value as distance between numbersInterpreting absolute value as distanceAddition & subtraction: find the missing value (part 1 of 2)Substitution with negative numbersInterpreting numeric expressions exampleOrdering expressionsNumber equations & number linesInterpreting negative number statementsAdding & subtracting negative numbersAdding & subtracting fractionsAddition & subtraction: find the missing value (part 2 of 2)
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