Application of absolute values

The absolute value is always _____.

|-20| is equal to _____

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 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.

During his trip to the Rockies, Alex climbed a peak with an altitude of 14,000 ft. The absolute value of the peak's altitude is _____

Jordan went skiing over the weekend in the Poconos. The highest mountain had an altitude of 3,860 ft. The absolute value of the mountain's altitude is _____.

The absolute value of New Orleans as it compares to sea level is _____.

What is the absolute value of the submarine if it is 1200 below zero?

• -1200

• 1200

• 5000

• +1200

The city with the second highest absolute value is _____.

List the cities from least to greatest by their absolute values.

• Waikiki, Death Valley, Sacramento, New Orleans

• Waikiki, Death Valley, New Orleans, Sacramento

• New Orleans , Sacramento , Death Valley, Waikiki

• Death Valley , New Orleans , Sacramento, Waikiki