Absolute Value and Comparing Integers

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What is absolute value?

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 number.

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What is the absolute value of -8?

Back

|-8| = 8

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How do you compare integers using absolute value?

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To compare integers using absolute value, find the absolute values of both integers and then compare those values.

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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. For example, the opposite of 5 is -5.

Front

What is the absolute value of 0?

Back

|0| = 0

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If |x| = 7, what are the possible values of x?

Back

x can be 7 or -7.

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

Back

-5, -3, 2, 4

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Is the absolute value of a number ever negative?

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No, the absolute value of a number is always non-negative.

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What is the absolute value of 6?

Back

|6| = 6

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If |a| = 10, what is a?

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a can be 10 or -10.