Absolute Value

of a Number
OBJECTIVES:
• Integers
• Number Line
• Plotting of Points
• Opposite
• Finding the Distance
• Absolute Value
Integers are numbers
that can be shown with
the use of the number
line.
• Integers can be positive
or negative.
• Negative numbers are
less than 0.
• Positive numbers are
greater than 0.
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< , > or =

-2 ___ 0
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>
< , > or =

3 ___ 0
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< , > or =

-2 ___ 1 <
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< , > or =

-5 ___ -9 >
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< , > or =

-10 ___8 <

Plotting Points
Graph of the number –
the point on the number
line associated with a
number.
Coordinate of a point –
the number with a point.
Plot 2 on the number line.
Plot the origin on the
number line.
Plot -4 on the number line.
Plot 3 on the number line.
Opposites are two numbers
corresponding to points that
are of the same distance
but lie in opposite
directions from the 0 point.
Negative 3 and positive 3 are
opposites.
What is the
opposite of -4?
What is the
opposite of 2.5?
What is the distance from
0 to 4?

4
What is the distance from
0 to -3?

Positive 3
What is the distance from
1 to 3?

Positive 2
What is the distance from
1 to 3?

Positive 2
Is distance always positive?

YES!
Absolute Value – is used to
describe a distance on a
number line from 0. The
absolute value of an
integer is equal to its
distance from zero.
What is the absolute
value of |3|?
What is the absolute
value of |3|?

3
What is the absolute
value of |-2|?
What is the absolute
value of |-2|?

2
What is |7|?

7
What is |-21|?

21
What is -|7|?

-7
REMEMBER:
If the negative sign is
outside the absolute value
symbol, the result will be
negative.
|2|+|2| ?
2+2
4
|-3|+|2| ?
3+2
5
|-4|+|-5| ?
4+5
9
-|-1|+|2| ?
-1 + 2
1
|-(1.5)|+|2| ?
1.5 + 2
3.5
-|(3)|+|1| ?
-3 + 1
-2
-|24+37|?
-|61|
-61
SW #1

One number line

for each item.
Example:
|-4| = 4
WB#1
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