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Understanding Absolute Value
The absolute value of a number is its distance from 0.
Use the number line to find the absolute value of each number.
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 -10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10
The absolute value of 3 is _______ . The absolute value of -8 is _______ .
-25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50
The absolute value of -15 is _______ . The absolute value of 30 is _______ .
Find each absolute value.
|7| = _______ |-11| = _______ |-40| = _______ |29| = _______
|-16| = _______ |22| = _______ |0.3| = _______ |-3.5| = _______
Compare each pair of numbers using <, >, or =.
|12| -4 13 |-3| |-11| 27 |-8| 0
|7| |-7| |-21| |18| 13 |-20| |-6| |-3|
-4 |-4| |6.5| |-9| |-0.7| |-7| |-5.3| |-5|
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