Coordinate Plane Absolute Value

What is absolute value?

• on opposite sides of zero on a number line

• the distance between the number and zero on a number line

• positive and negative whole numbers

• positive and negative fractions

|-5| =

• 5

• -5

• 0

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

Which point represents (4, -2)

• Point F

• Point D

• Point V

• Point C

The _________ of -5 is 5.

• integer

• rational number

• absolute value

• negative integer

Which symbol goes between these two absolute values to make the inequality true?

• >

• <

• =

Your house is at the coordinate (5, 4) and the playground is at (-3, 4). If each number on the number line represents a block, how many blocks is it from your house to the playground?

• 6 blocks

• 5 blocks

• 9 blocks

• 8 blocks

David builds a house in the city at (3,-5) and his sister builds one at (-6,-5). If each number represents miles, how man miles is David's house from his sister's house?

• 3 Miles

• 9 Miles

• 6 Miles

• 18 Miles