7.1e Absolute Value

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 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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What is the absolute value of |-26|.

• 26
• -26
• 0
• -20

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The absolute value of |3| is 0.

• True
• False

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Which has the same absolute value as -55?

• 0
• -1
• 1
• 55

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Compare these Integers using the symbols:
<  >   =
| -4 |  _____   4

• <
• >
• =

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Which statement describes the model?

• |-15| = -15

• -|15| = 15

• |-15| = 15

• |15| = -15

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Which statement is NOT true?

• |5| = 5

• |-5| = 5

• |7| = -7

• |7| = 7

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True or False:

|22| = |-22|

• True

• False

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The absolute value of zero is zero because...

• Zero is not a number.
• Zero is 0 distance from zero.  It is neither negative or positive.

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