Absolute Value

| –3 |

• 3

• -3

• 0.30

• 30

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 absolute value of |572|.

• 275

• -572

• 57

• 572

Find the Absolute Value of -18

• 18

• -18

• 36

• -36

I -808 I

• 808

• -808

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.

Is absolute value always positive?

• yes

• no

The absolute value of |3| is -3.

• True

• False

What is the opposite of -9? 

• 9

• 1/9

• 0

• -9

I 44 I

• 44

• -44