Number Lines
Writing numbers on a number line makes it easy to tell which numbers are
bigger or smaller.
Negative numbers (-)
numbers below zero
Positive numbers (+)
numbers above zero
The line continues FOREVER in both directions
Numbers on the left are smaller than numbers on the right.
Examples:
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5 is smaller than 8
-1 is smaller than 2
-8 is smaller than -5
An Example
John owes $3, Virginia owes $5, but Alex doesn’t owe anything, in fact he has
$3 in his pocket. Place these people on the number line to find who is poorest
and who is richest.
Having money is positive.
Owing money is negative.
So John has -3, Virginia -5, and Alex +3
Now it is easy to see that Virginia is poorer than John (-5 is less than -3) and
John is poorer than Alex (-3 is smaller than 3), and Alex is the richest (3 is
greater than -3 and -5).
Name: ______________________
Date: _________
Graphing Integers
Directions: Graph the integers on the number line.
9, 4, -3, 7, -1
-9, 5, -2, 2, -1
10, 3, -10, 6, -5
-4, 1, -7, -2, 5
Name: ______________________
Date: _________
Graphing Integers
Directions: Graph the integers on the number line.
8, 2, -4, 5, -7
-8, 4, -1, 1, -9
10, 6, -5, 3, -2
-3, 9, -6, -7, 3
Name: ______________________
Date: _________
Graphing Integers
Directions: Graph the integers on the number line. Then write
the integers in order from least to greatest (left to right).
-8, 4, -4, 3, -10
________________________
-1, 7, -3, 1, -6
________________________
6, 10, -5, 2, -2
________________________
Name: ______________________
Date: _________
Graphing Integers
Directions: Draw a number line and graph the integers. Then
write the integers in order from least to greatest (left to right).
-5, 11, -2, 9, -1
________________________
-12, 6, -4, 0, -6
________________________
7, 12, -9, 2, -11
________________________
Name: ______________________
Date: _________
Graphing Integers
Directions: Graph the integers on the number line. Then write
the integers in order from greatest to least (right to left).
-7, 3, -2, 1, -9
________________________
-10, 4, -1, 10, -5
________________________
6, 2, -6, 8, -3
________________________
Name: ______________________
Date: _________
Graphing Integers
Directions: Draw a number line and graph the integers. Then
write the integers in order from greatest to least (right to left).
-4, 0, -1, 8, -3
________________________
-10, 12, -5, 1, -6
________________________
0, 11, -8, 2, -7
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