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Absolute Value

1) Absolute value of a number is the positive value without regard to its sign. It is represented by the number inside two vertical lines. 2) Addition and subtraction follow rules regarding the signs of numbers: numbers with the same sign are added and different signs are subtracted; the sign of the larger number is used. 3) Multiplication and division follow rules where the product or quotient is positive if an even number of negatives are used, and negative if an odd number of negatives.

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Absolute Value

1) Absolute value of a number is the positive value without regard to its sign. It is represented by the number inside two vertical lines. 2) Addition and subtraction follow rules regarding the signs of numbers: numbers with the same sign are added and different signs are subtracted; the sign of the larger number is used. 3) Multiplication and division follow rules where the product or quotient is positive if an even number of negatives are used, and negative if an odd number of negatives.

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Absolute value (modulus): for a negative number this is a positive number, received by changing the sign " "

; by " + "; for apositive number and zero this is the number itself. The designation of an absolute value (modulus) of a number is the two straight brackets insideof which the number is written. Examples: | 5 | = 5, | 7 | = 7, | 0 | = 0. Addition: 1) at addition of two numbers of the same sign their absolute values are added and before the sum their common sign is written. Examples: ( + 6 ) + ( + 5 ) = 11 ; ( 6 ) + ( 5 ) = 11 ; 2) at addition of two numbers with different signs their absolute values are subtracted(the smaller from the greater) and a sign of a number, having a greater absolute value is chosen. Examples: (6)+(+9)= 3; (6)+(+3)=3. Subtraction: it is possible to change subtraction of two numbers by addition, thereat a minuend saves its sign, and a subtrahend is taken with the back sign. Examples: (+8)(+5)=(+8)+(5)= 3; ( + 8 ) ( 5 ) = ( + 8 ) + ( + 5 ) = 13; ( 8 ) ( 5 ) = ( 8 ) + ( + 5 ) = 3; ( 8 ) ( + 5 ) = ( 8 ) + ( 5 ) = 13. Multiplication: at multiplication of two numbers their absolute values are multiplied, and a product has the sign " + ", if signs of factors are the same, and " ", if the signs are different. The next scheme ( a rule of signs at multiplication) is useful: + + + + = = = = + +

At multiplication of some factors (two and more ) a product has the sign " + ", if a number of negative factors is even, and the sign " ", if this number is odd. Example:

Division: at division of two numbers the first absolutevalue is divided by the second and a quotient has the sign " + ", if signs of dividend and divisor are the same, and " ", if they are different. The same rule of signs as at multiplication acts: + + Example: ( 12 ) : ( + 4 ) = 3 . : : : : + + = = = = + +

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