Evaluate Positive Expressions

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.7C

Evaluate the expression.
|5 + 4|

• 9

• -9

• -1

• 1

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

|21 + 9| − |4|

• 30

• 26

• -30

• -26

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1B

|-11| -|- 8| + |−16|

• 19

• -19

• 13

• -13

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Solve

• 2

• -2

• 6

• -6

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

Evaluate the expression.
|1 - 5|

• 4

• -4

• -6

• 6

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

Evaluate the expression.
|-2| + |-5|

• 7

• -7

• 3

• -3

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

Absolute Value always evaluates to a ___________________ number, or ___________________.

• Positive; Zero

• Positive; Negative

• Whole; A fraction

• Integer; A decimal

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

Evaluate |b+1|+ 8 if b = -3

• 6

• 8

• 10

• 12

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2C

• A

• B

• C

• D

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CCSS.HSA.APR.D.7