Algebra 1A: Absolute Value Equations

Absolute value is...

• the value of a number

• the opposite of a number

• the distance of a number from zero

• the multiplicative inverse of a number

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

What is the absolute value of –18 ?

• 18

• –18

• 36

• –36

Solve.

|–20|

• 20

• –20

Solve.

|55|

• –55

• 55

Solve.

|–37|

• –37

• 37

Solve.

–|24|

• –24

• 24

Solve.

–| –22|

• 22

• –22

Solve.

|6| + |–3|

• 3

• –3

• –9

• 9

Solve.

|–5| + 8

• 3

• 13

• –13

• –3

Solve.

|–13| + |24|

• 12

• –37

• 37

• 10