2. Which is closer to the boat; the bird or the fish?

4. Absolute value is the distance a number is from zero.

5. The absolute value of -3 is 3 because it is 3 spaces from zero. -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

6. The absolute value of 2 is 2 because it is 2 spaces from zero. -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

7. What is the absolute value of 5? -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

8. What is the absolute value of -1? -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

10. The number line shows the depth of a whale in feet (below sea level). What is its absolute value?

12.  Distance cannot be negative, so the absolute value cannot be negative.  Opposite numbers will have the same absolute value.

13. This says, “WHAT IS THE ABSOLUTE VALUE OF -3?”

17. True or False? The absolute value of a number is always greater than or equal to that number.

18. True or False? – x can never be positive

19. A negative sign in front of the absolute value symbol should be read as “take the opposite of”.