6th Grade Absolute Value

Front

What is the absolute value of a number?

Back

The absolute value of a number is its distance from zero on the number line, regardless of direction. It is always a non-negative value.

Front

What is the absolute value of -8?

Back

8

Front

What is the opposite of a number?

Back

The opposite of a number is the number that is the same distance from zero but in the opposite direction on the number line.

Front

What is the opposite of -5?

Back

5

Front

How do you find the distance between two numbers on a number line?

Back

To find the distance between two numbers, subtract one from the other and take the absolute value of the result.

Front

What is the distance between -8 and 8?

Back

16

Front

What is the absolute value of | -14 |?

Back

14

Front

What is the absolute value of | 0 |?

Back

0

Front

Order the following numbers from least to greatest: -3, |5|, 2, |-4|, 1.

Back

-4, -3, 1, 2, 5

Front

What is the absolute value of | -7 |?

Back

7