Absolute Value Bellringer

Which number has the greater absolute value?
-6 or -2

• -6

• -2

• they have the same absolute value

• 6

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

Mr. Washington made several purchases for his printing business. The mean price of the purchases was $150, and the mean absolute deviation was $30.

Based on this information, which statement must be true?

• One purchase was $150.

• Two purchases were $30 apart in price.

• All of the purchase prices were between $120 and $180.

• The average difference in purchase price is $30 away from $150.

Evaluate: |-12|

• 12

• -12

• 0

• 1.2

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

What is the definition of absolute value?

• The distance a number is to zero

• A positive number

• A number that has a value with a different sign

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

• <

• >

• =

• None of the above.

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7A

CCSS.6.NS.C.7B

Write the answer to the absolute value:

|100| =

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

Evaluate: |0|

• 0

• -0

• +0

• There is no answer

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

What is the absolute value?

• The opposite of a number.

• The number that when added together equals 0.

• The distance a number is from zero.

• The number that when added together equals 1.

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

Is absolute value always positive?

• yes

• no

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

Which has the same absolute value as -55?

• 0

• -1

• 1

• 55

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C