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The absolute value is the distance from 0 on the number line. -5 is 5 away from 0. You cannot have a negative distance, therefore you cannot have a negative absolute value. Absolute values are not ALWAYS positive because absolute values can be zero as well. Zero is not positive nor negative.
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What measurement uses absolute values?
distance
What do you do when subtracting a positive and a negative?
If you subtract a negative from a positive, add both of their absolute values. If you subtract a positive from a negative, add both of their absolute values and multiply by negative one.
Compare the absolute value of -7 with the absolute value of 7?
The absolute value of -7= 7 The absolute value of 7= 7 Therefore, the absolute values of both 7 and -7 are the same, because absolute value is the distance a number is from zero, regardless of sign.
Real life examples of absolute values?
if you are in math class and the teacher asks you a question about it.
When adding integers with the same sign add their absolute values and write the common sign?
That sounds sound.
Can negative numbers be absolute values?
never
Why should a absolute value never negative?
Because that is the definition of absolute values
When do you say that a value is absolute?
A value is "absolute" if it can only be the positive numerical value of a number. (Sometimes this is also referred to as the "modulus"). For example, the absolute value of -8 is 8. It changes all negatives into positives, but does NOT change positives into negatives. Absolute values are useful for calculating distances, since having a negative distances is fairly useless...
A number that is greater than 13 but less than12?
I think your teacher made a mistake on your paper, this is impossible without considering negatives and absolute values.
What are the negatives of a absolute monarchy?
i like bumb crack
Is the absolute value of a positive integer a negative integer?
Absolute values are never negative. The opposite, or negative, or additive inverse, of a negative number is the number's absolute value; a non-negative number is its own absolute value. The absolute values of 7 and -5, are, respectively, 7 and 5.
How can you decide if the sum of two numbers is positive negative or zero without actually calculating the sum?
The sum of two positive numbers is always positive, and the sum of two negatives is always negative. If you have a positive and a negative number, there sum can be either, so look at the absolute values to decide. For example -3+2=-1. Since all you care about is the sign, look at the absolute value. If the negative number has a greater absolute value, the sum is negative and if the positive number's absolute value, which is the number itself, is bigger, the sum is positive. If the absolute values are equal, the sum is 0.
What numbers have opposites that are the same as their absolute values?
All numbers have opposites that are the same as their absolute values.
Do opposites have the same or different absolute values?
Additive opposites MUST have the same absolute values.
Can absolute value be negative?
No, absolute values are always positive.
What is the arithmetic mean of the absolute values of the deviations of the individual values from the mean in a data set?
It is the mean absolute deviation.
What numbers have equal absolute values?
A positive and negative number with the same magnitude (value) will have their absolute values equal.
