Oct 6 Absolute Value SOL 6.3

Oct 6 Absolute Value SOL 6.3

What is absolute value?

Absolute value is the distance from zero

Absolute value is the distance from zero. For example,

• •The absolute value |3| is 3 because it is 3 units from zero

• •The absolute value |-3| is 3 because it is 3 units from zero

• The absolute value of -12 is 12 because it is 12 units from zero. 

Multiple Choice

Find the Absolute Value of -18

• 18
• -18
• 36
• -36

Multiple Choice

I 5 I

• 5
• -5

Absolute value is the distance from zero.

• Absolute value will never be negative because it represents the distance of a number

• Have you ever walked negative distance to 7-11?

• Absolute value has bars |5|

Multiple Choice

∣-5∣ _____ ∣5∣

• <
• >
• =

Multiple Choice

What's a way to define absolute value?

• The value of a number
• The opposite of a number
• The distance of a number from zero
• The multiplicative inverse of a number

Coordinate Plane

SOL 6.8

The coordinate plane is formed by intersecting two number lines

• the horizontal line is the x-axis

• the vertical line is the y-axis

• The plane is divided into 4 quadrants

• The origin is were the two number lines intersect

• This goes better in desmos