Absolute Value

What is an absolute value?

• The distance a number is from zero.

• The opposite of a number

• The distance a number is from another number.

What is the symbol for absolute value?

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• { }

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What is the absolute value of 2?

• 0

• 2

• -2

What is the absolute value of negative 8?

• -8

• 16

• 8

• 0

What is the absolute value of 25?

• 25

• -25

• 0

After answering four questions and knowing that absolute value is the distance a number is from 0, the answer to an absolute value question is always positive. (example: The absolute value of 6 is 6 AND the absolute value of -6 is 6.)

• True

• False

What is the absolute value of 16?

• 16

• -16

• 0

What is the absolute value of 0?

• 0

• 5

What is the absolute value of -11?

• 11

• -11

• 0