What is the absolute value of a number?
Absolute value – indicates how far the number is from zero.
Absolute value – you can find it by removing the minus in front of the number.
“|__|” is an absolute value symbol. For example: |−7| = 7; |8| = 8; |−10| = 10;
Sometimes the absolute value is also denoted by the symbol abs(), for example: abs(-11) = 11.
How to find the absolute value of a number?
If a > 0, then |a| = a.
If a < 0, then |- a| = a.
If a = 0, then |0| = 0.
For example:
The absolute value of the number 1 is 1; the absolute value of -1 is 1;
The absolute value of the number 9 is 9; the absolute value of -9 is 9;
The absolute value of the number 67 is 67; the absolute value of -67 is 67;