Absolute Value Basics

1. The absolute value of a number is

• Its distance from zero

• Its opposite

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

Examples:

4 + 7 = 11

-3 + (-6) = -9

When you add integers with same signs

• the answer has that sign

• the answer is negative

• the answer is positive

When you add integers with different signs, subtract the absolute values and

• always make the answer positive

• give the answer the sign of the number with the greatest absolute values

• always make the answer negative

-16 + (-4) =

The answer for this problem will be

• positive

• negative

-9 + 3 =

The answer to this problem will be

• positive

• negative

-10 + 34

The answer to this will be

• positive

• negative

24 + (-4)

The answer to this problem is

• positive

• negative

-5 + 8

• -3

• 3

• 13

• -13

-15 + 10

• 5

• 25

• -5

• -25

-8 + 4

• -4

• 4

• 12

• -12