Absolute Value

Evaluate each expression.
| 9 |

• 0.9
• 9
• -9
• 90

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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

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What is the absolute value of |-26|.

• 26
• -26
• 0
• -20

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Is absolute value always positive?

• yes
• no

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Which statement is true?

• The absolute value of 3 is -3
• The opposite of 7 is 7
• The absolute value of 5 is equal to the opposite of 5
• The opposite of -4 is equal to the absolute value of -4

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

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.

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Compare |-5| to the |-10|

• |-5| > |-10|
• |-5| = |-10|
• |-5| < |-10|

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The absolute value of 79 is 79.

• False 
• True

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The absolute value of -3 is the distance between:

• 3 and -3 on the number line
• -3 and 0 on the number line
• 1 and 3 on the number line
• 1 and -3 on the number line

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

What is the absolute value of -1/5? 

• 1/5
• -1/5
• 0

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