Easy Absolute Values

The absolute value is ALWAYS positive.

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

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What is the absolute value of her debt?

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

A valley is 94 feet below sea level. What is the absolute value of the elevation difference between the valley and the sea level?

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Solve for x
l 2x−1 l = 9

• x = 5 and x =-4

• x = 5 and x = -5

• Only x = 5

• No Solution

Solve for x
l 2x−1 l +4 = 8 

• x = 2.5 and x = -1.5

• x = 2 and x = -1

• x = -2 and x = 9

• No Solution

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

• -14

• -4

• {-14, -4}

• no solution

Absolute value is ...

• distance from zero to a number

• positive numbers

• opposite numbers

• negative numbers

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