Absolute Value

What is the absolute value of -5?

• -5

• 5

Answer explanation

The absolute value of a number is its distance from zero on the number line, regardless of direction. Therefore, the absolute value of -5 is 5.

What is Absolute Value?

• The opposite of the number.

• The distance from zero.

Answer explanation

Absolute value refers to the distance of a number from zero on the number line, regardless of direction. Therefore, the correct answer is 'The distance from zero.'

Which of the following is NOT true?

• I -5 I = 5

• I -5 I = I 5 I

• I -5 I = I 5 I

• -5 > I 5 I

Answer explanation

The statement '-5 > |5|' is false because |-5| equals 5, making -5 not greater than 5. The other statements about absolute values are true.

I - 175 I

• -175

• 175

Answer explanation

The expression I - 175 I simplifies to 175, as the two I's cancel each other out. Therefore, the correct answer is 175.

Absolute Value of 10 is?

• -10

• 10

Answer explanation

The absolute value of a number is its distance from zero on the number line, regardless of direction. Therefore, the absolute value of 10 is 10, not -10.

Absolute Value of 2.56 is?

• 2.56

• -2.56

Answer explanation

The absolute value of a number is its distance from zero on the number line, regardless of direction. Therefore, the absolute value of 2.56 is 2.56, making it the correct choice.

Which statement best describes l -4 l?

• the distance from -4 to 4 on a number line

• the distance from 4 to 0 on a number line

• the distance from -4 to 0 on a number line

• the distance from 0 to 4 on a number line

Answer explanation

The expression | -4 | represents the distance from -4 to 0 on a number line, which is 4 units. Therefore, the correct choice is 'the distance from -4 to 0 on a number line'.

What is the value of each number?

|5| = ​ (a)   ​

|-25| = ​ (b)  

| 25 | = ​ (c)  

|-5| = ​ (d)  

• 5
• -5
• 25
• -25

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6.2.B

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.

Answer explanation

The correct choice explains that absolute value represents distance, which is always positive. This is because distance cannot be negative, making absolute value inherently positive.

Compare: |13| ____ |-14|

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• >

• =

Answer explanation

The absolute value of 13 is 13, and the absolute value of -14 is 14. Since 13 is less than 14, we have |13| < |-14|.