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Absolute value

Find the distance from zero for positive and negative integers.

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Integer values

Choose the positive and negative integers to place inside the absolute-value bars.

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Absolute valueAbsolute value. Practice. Find |13|. Find |−19|. Find |10|. Find |4|. Find |11|. Find |−10|. Find |−13|. Find |20|. Find |17|. Find |7|. Find |−18|. Find |−20|.Name __________________________Date _______________Absolute valueFind each absolute value.Worked exampleFind |−8|. → 8−8 is eight unit steps from 0.1.Find |13|.2.Find |−19|.3.Find |10|.4.Find |4|.5.Find |11|.6.Find |−10|.7.Find |−13|.8.Find |20|.9.Find |17|.10.Find |7|.11.Find |−18|.12.Find |−20|.MathSprig · mathsprig.site · support@mathsprig.sitePage 1 of 1mathsprig-1 · mathsprig-v1 · a72f836c
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Integers

What you’ll practice

Evaluate the absolute value of a signed integer.

The absolute value of −8 is 8 because −8 is eight steps from zero. The bars ask for distance, so the answer is never negative.

How this skill works

For a positive number, the absolute value is that number.

For a negative number, remove the negative sign to give its distance from zero. The absolute value of zero is zero.

Worked example

Find |−8|.
  1. −8 is eight unit steps from 0.
  2. Its distance from 0 is 8, so |−8| = 8.

Answer: 8

Teaching notes

  • Absolute-value bars are not parentheses for multiplication.
Practice questions
  1. Find |13|.
  2. Find |−19|.
  3. Find |10|.
  4. Find |4|.
  5. Find |11|.
  6. Find |−10|.
  7. Find |−13|.
  8. Find |20|.
  9. Find |17|.
  10. Find |7|.
  11. Find |−18|.
  12. Find |−20|.
Answers and steps
  1. 13
    1. 13 is 13 unit steps from zero. Distance is nonnegative.
  2. 19
    1. −19 is 19 unit steps from zero. Distance is nonnegative.
  3. 10
    1. 10 is 10 unit steps from zero. Distance is nonnegative.
  4. 4
    1. 4 is 4 unit steps from zero. Distance is nonnegative.
  5. 11
    1. 11 is 11 unit steps from zero. Distance is nonnegative.
  6. 10
    1. −10 is 10 unit steps from zero. Distance is nonnegative.
  7. 13
    1. −13 is 13 unit steps from zero. Distance is nonnegative.
  8. 20
    1. 20 is 20 unit steps from zero. Distance is nonnegative.
  9. 17
    1. 17 is 17 unit steps from zero. Distance is nonnegative.
  10. 7
    1. 7 is 7 unit steps from zero. Distance is nonnegative.
  11. 18
    1. −18 is 18 unit steps from zero. Distance is nonnegative.
  12. 20
    1. −20 is 20 unit steps from zero. Distance is nonnegative.