Evaluating Expressions with Absolute Values

​1.5 Absolute Value Expressions

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

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes l -4 l?

• the distance from -4 to 4 on a number line

• the distance from 4 to 0 on a number line

• the distance from -4 to 0 on a number line

• the distance from 0 to 4 on a number line

Multiple Choice

Evaluate: |-12|

• 12

• -12

• 0

• 1.2

Multiple Choice

Find the absolute value of 4.

$$\left|4\right|$$  

• -4

• $$\left|-4\right|$$  

• 4

Multiple Choice

Evaluate: |0|

• 0

• -0

• +0

• There is no answer

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Practice / Exit Ticket

Fill in the Blanks

Evaluate |8-t| + 3 for t = 3

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Evaluate |n - t| + 4 for n = -3 and t = 3

Multiple Choice

Evaluate the expression if x = -5.

|-2x - 12|

• 2
• -2
• 22
• -22

Multiple Choice

Evaluate the expression if x = 2, y = -4, and z = 10

6 + |2y + z| - |5x|

• -2

• 2

• 14

• 18