Absolute Value 2/5/18

Evaluate each expression.
| 9 |

• 0.9
• 9
• -9
• 90

| –3 |

• 3
• -3
• 0.30
• 30

Evaluate the expression.
|–5| + 8

• 3
• 13
• -13
• -3

Which is the greatest integer?

• -33
• -31
• -28
• -17

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

What is the reason that absolute value is always written as a positive?

• Absolute value is talking about numbers so it must be positive.
• Absolute value does not always have to be positive.
• Absolute value is like a clock it has only positive numbers.
• Absolute value is talking about distance, distance is always measured by positive numbers.

Solve

• 2
• -2
• 6
• -6

Evaluate the expression.
|–5| + 8

• 3
• 13
• -13
• -3

Evaluate the expression.
|–5 + 1|

• 4
• -4
• -6
• 6

Evaluate the expression.
|1 - 5|

• 4
• -4
• -6
• 6