Absolute Value in the Real World
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Objective
How are integers and absolute value used in real world situations
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Warm-up video
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Key concepts
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Absolute value is the distance a number is from zero.
- 2
The absolute value of -2 is 2 because it is two jumps away from zero on the number line.
- 3
The bars around a number are a symbol that means to find the absolute value of that number.
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Practice
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What does absolute value represent?
The absolute value of a number is always non-negative because absolute value represents the distance from zero, and distance is always measured as a positive value or zero. True or False?
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“The temperature outside is -5°C. What is the absolute value of the temperature, and what does it represent in this situation?”
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