Absolute Value and Distance Between Points

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'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

Evaluate the expression.
|–5| + 8

• 3

• 13

• -13

• -3

What is the absolute value of |-26|

• 26

• -26

• -36

• 36

What do we call the distance a number is from zero on a number line?

• integers

• properties

• real numbers

• absolute value

A diver's elevation was -40 feet. A fish was swimming near by at an elevation of -23 feet. Which expression represents the distance between them?

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?

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• 28.998 mi

• 31,200 mi

• 31,002 mi

• 31,020 mi

What is Absolute Value?

• The set of whole numbers and their opposites.

• The distance a number is from zero

• The value of an absolute number.

• 100

Solve

• 2

• -2

• 6

• -6

|6| + |-3|

• 3

• -3

• -9

• 9