Absolute Value F.A.

What is the "Absolute Value" of a number (definition)?

• The value of a number

• The opposite of a number

• The distance a number is from zero on the number line

• The multiplicative inverse of a number

| –3 | = ______

• 3

• -3

• 0.30

• 30

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.

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

Which of these is the proper way to write "The Absolute Value of -4"?

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After trying these problems, how do you feel about today's lesson on Absolute Value?

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