Absolute value equations Basic level

• Divide both sides by 11

• Multiply both sides by 11.

• Add 11 to both sides.

• Subtract 11 to both sides.

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• Cancel the 7 by subtracting 7 on both sides of the equation.

• Cancel the -5 by adding 5 on both sides of the equation.

• Cancel the 47 by subtracting 47 on both sides of the equation.

• Cancel the -5 by dividing by -5 on both sides of the equation.

What number(s) are 5 units from 0?

• 5

• -5

• 0

• 10

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.

How do you read this?

|x| = 7

• x is 7 units from 0

• 7 is x units from 0

• 0 is 7 units from x

• x is 0 units from 7

What could the value of x be?

|x| = 7

Choose all that apply.

• 7

• -7

• 14

• 0

Solve for X

|X| = -3

• X= 3 and X= -3

• X= 3

• X= -3

• No Solution

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.

Evaluate each expression.
| x + 9 | = -5

• -14
• -4
• {-14, -4}
• no solution