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Absolute Value

The document defines absolute value as the distance between a number and zero on the number line. Absolute value is denoted by vertical lines. It is always positive, regardless of whether the original number was positive or negative. Examples are provided to demonstrate calculating the absolute value of integers and expressions involving integers. Opposites are defined as numbers with the same absolute value but different signs. Methods for comparing absolute values are also described.

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Absolute Value

The document defines absolute value as the distance between a number and zero on the number line. Absolute value is denoted by vertical lines. It is always positive, regardless of whether the original number was positive or negative. Examples are provided to demonstrate calculating the absolute value of integers and expressions involving integers. Opposites are defined as numbers with the same absolute value but different signs. Methods for comparing absolute values are also described.

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Absolute Value of a

Number
Absolute Value
- The absolute value of a number is the
distance between that number and zero.
- It is denoted by “| |” two bars.
Example:
| 2 | = 2 “the absolute value of 2 is 2”
| -2 | = 2 “the absolute value of -2 is 2”

-| 2 | = -2 “the negative absolute value


of 2 is -2”
-| -2 | = -2 “the negative absolute value
of negative 2 is -2”
Look at the number line.
5 units 5 units

-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

On the number line:


there are 5 units from 0 to 5. | 5 | = 5
there are 5 units from 0 to -5. | -5 | = 5
The number of units from 0 to any given integer
represents the absolute value of the integer.
It is NEVER negative.
Absolute Value
Evaluate the absolute value:
1) | -4 | = 4
2) | 3 | = 3
3) | 0 | = 0
4) | 1 | = 1
5) | -25 | = 25
6) -| 49 | = -49
7) -| -35 | = -35
Absolute Value
Evaluate the absolute value:
1) | 4 + 2| = | 6 | = 6
2) | 10 – 5 | = | 5 | = 5
3) | -9 | - | 2 | = 9 - 2 = 7
4) | 2 + 3 | - │4 - 3│ = 5 - 1 = 4
5) | 7 - 4 | - │5 - 3│= 3 - 2 = 1
Absolute Value
Evaluate the absolute value:
1) | x | = 7
x = 7 and x = -7
Opposites
• Two numbers that have the same
ABSOLUTE VALUE, but different signs
are called opposites.
Example -6 and 6 are opposites because
both are 6 units away from zero.
| -6 | = 6 and | 6 | = 6

-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Opposites
What are the opposites of the
following integers?
1) -10 10
2) -35 35
3) 12 -12
4) 100 -100
5) 1 -1
Compare using <, > or =.
1) | 2 | > -| 2 |
2) | 10 - 2 | = |6+2|
3) -| 5 - 2 | < -| 1 + 1 |
4) | 8 - 3 | = |6-1|
5) | 3 | > -| -3 |
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Mini Task #1
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