The absolute value of the number - that is, ignoring the plus or minus sign - is the number's distance from 0.
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Absolute value describes the distance of a number on the number line from 0 without considering which direction from zero the number lies. The absolute value of a number is never negative. The absolute value of 5 is 5.
The only number whose absolute value is zero is zero. This is because a number's absolute value is its distance from zero on the number line.
The absolute value of a number is the distance (positive) of the number from zero.
The absolute value of zero is zero. The absolute value of any other real number - or even of any other complex number - is different from zero.
The value of a zero in any number is equal to zero, though in this instance it is in the ten-thousands column.