2.0 Evaluate Absolute Value Expressions

Absolute value is defined as...

• always positive numbers
• negative numbers becoming positive
• distance from zero
• numbers on the number line

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6

CCSS.6.NS.C.7

CCSS.6.NS.C.8

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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CCSS.6.NS.C.5

CCSS.6.NS.C.7

What is the absolute value of |-26|.

• 26
• -26
• 0
• -20

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7

CCSS.6.NS.C.8

What is the absolute value of |572|.

• 275
• -572
• 57
• 572

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7

Boston has a temperature of -20 degrees. It is colder in New York than in Boston. Select the value that could represent the temperature of New York

• 0
• 30
• -30
• -19

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CCSS.6.NS.C.5

CCSS.6.NS.C.6

CCSS.6.NS.C.7

Evaluate the expression.
|1 - 5|

• 4
• -4
• -6
• 6

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7

Evaluate the expression.
|5 + 4|

• 9
• -9
• -1
• 1

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7

Evaluate the expression.
|-2| + |-5|

• 7
• -7
• 3
• -3

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.NS.C.7

|21 + 9| − |4|

• 30

• 26

• -30

• -26

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2

CCSS.6.NS.C.5

CCSS.6.NS.C.7

|45 − 26| − |−10|

• 9

• -9

• 29

• -29

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CCSS.6.NS.C.5

CCSS.6.NS.C.7