Understanding Absolute Value Concepts

This video tutorial covers the concept of absolute value, explaining it as the distance of a number from zero on a number line. It provides examples with both positive and negative numbers, demonstrating that absolute value is always positive. The tutorial includes drawing number lines for visualization, practice problems, and a task to find numbers with the same absolute value. Important tips are given, such as the absolute value of zero being zero, and that the absolute value of any number except zero is positive.

What is the absolute value of a number?

• The square of the number

• The negative of the number

• The distance from zero on a number line

• The number itself

How do you read a number with bars around it?

• As the absolute value

• As a fraction

• As a positive number

• As a negative number

What is the absolute value of -3?

• 0

• 3

• 6

• -3

If a number is 5 spaces away from zero on a number line, what is its absolute value?

• 5

• 0

• -5

• 10

What is the absolute value of -10?

• 0

• -10

• 20

• 10

Which of the following numbers has an absolute value of 6?

• 6

• -6

• Neither 6 nor -6

• Both 6 and -6

What is the absolute value of 83?

• 0

• -83

• 83

• 166

Which pair of numbers has the same absolute value?

• 10 and -10

• Both 10 and -10, and -3 and 3

• 5 and 5

• -3 and 3

What is the absolute value of zero?

• Zero

• One

• Negative one

• Undefined

Which statement is true about the absolute value of any number except zero?

• It is always zero

• It is always negative

• It can be either positive or negative

• It is always positive