Absolute Value

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What is absolute value?

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The distance of a number from zero.

Front

Which has the greatest absolute value: |-42|, |17|, |40|, or |-5|?

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|-42|

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Fill in the blank: |-6| ____ -6

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Order the following from greatest to least: |6.8|, |-21|, |-1 3/4|.

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|6.8|, |-1 3/4|, |-21|

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Order the following from least to greatest: |-5|, |1/2|, |28|.

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|-5|, |1/2|, |28|

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What does the absolute value of a number represent?

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The distance of that number from zero on the number line.

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True or False: The absolute value of a negative number is always greater than the absolute value of a positive number.

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False.

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If |x| = 5, what are the possible values of x?

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x = 5 or x = -5.

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What is the absolute value of -10?

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10.

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How do you calculate the absolute value of a number?

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Remove the negative sign if the number is negative.