Exploring Absolute Value and Opposite Numbers

What is the absolute value of a number?

• The negative of the number

• The distance from zero on a number line

• The number itself

• The square of the number

If a store is 2 miles away from your house, what is the absolute value of the distance when you walk back home?

• -2 miles

• 4 miles

• 0 miles

• 2 miles

What is the absolute value of -6?

• -6

• 0

• 6

• -1

What is the absolute value of 10?

• 0

• 1

• 10

• -10

What is the absolute value of 0?

• -1

• 10

• 1

• 0

What are opposite numbers?

• Numbers that are the same

• Numbers that are both negative

• Numbers that are equidistant from zero but on opposite sides of the number line

• Numbers that are both positive

What is the opposite of 3?

• 3

• -3

• 6

• 0

What is the opposite of -8?

• -16

• 0

• 8

• -8

What is the opposite of 0?

• 0

• 1

• -1

• 10

How are absolute value and opposites similar?

• Both are always zero

• Both involve negative numbers

• Both result in positive numbers

• Both deal with distance from zero