Absolute Value and Distance in the Coordinate Grid

The distance a number is away from zero.

• Term

• Absolute value

• Reciprocal

• Proportion

The ________________________ of a number is its distance from 0 on the number line.

• integer

• opposite

• absolute value

• number

Absolute value is always _______________________.

• positive

• negative

The _____________________ (x,y) gives the coordinates that locate a point on the coordinate plane

• ordered pair

• disordered pair

• x-axis

• y-axis

How far apart are the plane and submarine if the plane is 31,000 miles in the sky and the submarine is 2 miles below the sea?

• 28.998 mi

• 31,200 mi

• 31,002 mi

• 31,020 mi

Is absolute value always positive?

• yes

• no

The absolute value of -6 and 6 is:

• 6

• -6

• 0

Use absolute value to find the distance between two given points. 
 Points W and G. 

• |-|-4| = 3

• |4| + |-4| = 8

• |1| + |-4| = 5

• |4| - |-4| = 0

What is |99|?

• -99

• 99

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