Exploring Absolute Value of Integers and Negative Numbers

The video tutorial explains the concept of absolute value, which is the distance of a number from zero on a number line. It demonstrates this concept using examples of both positive and negative numbers, showing that the absolute value is always a positive quantity. The tutorial concludes by generalizing that the absolute value of any number is its positive version, representing its distance from zero.

What does the absolute value of a number represent?

• The negative of the number

• The distance of the number from zero

• The number itself

• The square of the number

How is the absolute value of a positive number determined?

• It is the reciprocal of the number

• It is the negative of the number

• It is the number itself

• It is the square of the number

What is the absolute value of 5?

• 10

• 0

• 5

• -5

What is the absolute value of -10?

• 0

• 10

• 20

• -10

How far is -10 from 0 on the number line?

• 5 units to the left

• 10 units to the right

• 5 units to the right

• 10 units to the left

What is the general property of absolute value?

• It is always negative

• It is always positive

• It can be either positive or negative

• It is always zero

What is the absolute value of a negative number?

• The square of the number

• The positive version of the number

• The number itself

• The negative of the number

Which of the following statements is true about absolute value?

• It is always equal to the number itself

• It is always zero

• It is always positive

• It can be negative

What is the absolute value of -12?

• -12

• 0

• 12

• 24

How far is -12 from 0 on the number line?

• 12 units to the left

• 6 units to the right

• 6 units to the left

• 12 units to the right