Absolute Distance

Is absolute value always positive?

• yes
• no

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|-20|

• 20
• -20

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What's a way to define absolute value?

• The value of a number
• The opposite of a number
• The distance of a number from zero
• The multiplicative inverse of a number

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What is the reason that absolute value is always written as a positive?

• Absolute value is talking about numbers so it must be positive.
• Absolute value does not always have to be positive.
• Absolute value is like a clock it has only positive numbers.
• Absolute value is talking about distance, distance is always measured by positive numbers.

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What is the distance between (0,6) and (-5,6)

• -5

• 5

• 6

• 12

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Ms. Fuhrman lives at point (3,-12) and walks to school, which is located at (3,2). How far has she walked?

• 12 units

• 6 units

• 10 units

• 14 units

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What are Nerd Dawg coordinates?

• (-5, 4)

• (-5, -4)

• (5, 4)

• (5, -4)

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If Nerd Dawg walks 3 units in the negative direction on the x-axis and 6 units in the positive directions on the y-axis, what will be his new location?

• (-2, -10)

• (-8, -10)

• (-8, 2)

• (-2, 2)

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Which of the following points can you find the distance between using absolute value?

• (3, 5) and (-3, -5)

• (3, -5) and (3, 5)

• (-2, -4) and (2,4)

• (-10, 10) and (5, 5)

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You can find the distance between any two points using the absolute value method.

• Yup! any points no matter what!

• No! They need to have one coordinate in common!

• What is absolute value? Ms. Fuhrman hasn't taught me anything!

• No! Absolute value is fake and should not be trusted!

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