Question

What is the absolute value of -5? Choose from one of these:-5,0,1,5

Answer 1

5

Answer 2

When you take the absolute value you just make whatever number inside a positive. For example abs(-4) =4

Answer 3

Thank you

Answer 4

A way of thinking of absolute number is the distance the number is from zero on the number line.
|5| = 5
|-5| = 5
Both 5 and -5 are 5 units away from zero on the number line. The absolute value of 5 and of -5 is 5. An absolute value will always give you either zero or a positive number.