Question

What is the absolute value of -7

Answer 1

To find absolute value, you make all values positive -

so absolute value of -7 is 7

Answer 2

7

Answer 3

The number –4.0 is 4 units away from zero. The number –45.3 is 45.3 units away from zero and the number 10 is 10 units away from zero. Therefore, the absolute value of any number is really a positive number (or zero). You identify an absolute value of a number by writing the number between two vertical bars: |number|.

In this case, |-7| would be the opposite sign, instead of it being negative it would be a p..?