Distance From Zero

Match the statements written in English with the mathematical statements. A: The number -4 is a distance of 4 units away from 0 on the number line. B: The number -63 is more than 4 units away from 0 on the number line. C: The number 4 is greater than the number -4. D: The numbers 4 and -4 are the same distance away from 0 on the number line. E: The number -63 is less than the number 4. F: The number -63 is further away from 0 than the number 4 on the number line.

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

• -3

• 9

• 3

• -9

|572| = ?

• 275

• -572

• 57

• 572

Find the length of the line segment.

The absolute value of zero is zero because...

• Zero is not a number.

• Zero is 0 distance from zero.  It is neither negative or positive.

What is |-26| ?

• 26

• -26

• -36

• 36

Which statement best describes l -4 l?

• the distance from -4 to 4 on a number line

• the distance from 4 to 0 on a number line

• the distance from -4 to 0 on a number line

• the distance from 0 to 4 on a number line

What is​ ∣ 10 ∣ ?

• 10

• -10

• 0

What is​ ∣ -9 ∣ ?

• 9

• -9

• 0