Complex Example of Absolute Value

The absolute value of a number is how far away it is from zero. It doesn't matter if the number is positive or negative. For example, the absolute value of 5 is 5, and the absolute value of -5 is also 5. You can think of the absolute value as the distance from zero on a number line.

• The absolute value of 5 is -5.

• The absolute value of both 5 and -5 is 5.

• The absolute value of -5 is -5.

• The absolute value of both 5 and -5 is 0.

Select the true statement

• |-220| = -220 and 220

• -|220|=  220

• |-220|= 220

• |-220|= -220

Order the numbers from least to greatest.
-2, I8I, 5, I-10I, 6

• -2, I8I, 5, I-10I, 6

• -2, 5, 6, I8I, I-10I

• -2, 5, 6, 8, 10

• I-10I, -2, 5, 6. I8I

Evaluate each expression.
| 9 |

• 0.9

• 9

• -9

• 90

Order the numbers from greatest to least based on their absolute value.

|−2525|, |0.5|, |−3434|, |0.35|

• |−3434| > |0.5| > |−2525| > |0.35|

• |0.5| > |−2525| > |−3434| > |0.35|,

• |−3434| > |−2525| > |0.35| > |0.5|

• |0.5| > |0.35| > |−2525| > |−3434|

Compare |−1.37| and |1.21|.

• |−1.37| ≤ |1.21|

• |−1.37| < |1.21|

• |−1.37| > |1.21|

• |−1.37| = |1.21|

| –3 |

• 3

• -3

• 0.30

• 30

• -3

• 9

• 3

• -9

• 4

• 12

• -12

• 15

|572| = ?

• 275

• -572

• 57

• 572