Answers: Representation of Absolute Value (Part 1)
1. | 0 | = 0
2. | -3 | = 3
3. | 5 | = 5
4. | -2 | = 2
5. -| 4 | = -4
Solution:
Your mother's store is 5 meters away from your house; and the school is 50 meters away from your house in the opposite direction. So when you go to the store to get your allowance before going to school, supposedly you have to travel 55 meters from the store to the school.
Answers: Representation of Absolute Value (Part 2)
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Answers: Representation of Absolute Value (Part 1)
1. | 0 | = 0
2. | -3 | = 3
3. | 5 | = 5
4. | -2 | = 2
5. -| 4 | = -4
Solution:
Your mother's store is 5 meters away from your house; and the school is 50 meters away from your house in the opposite direction. So when you go to the store to get your allowance before going to school, supposedly you have to travel 55 meters from the store to the school.
Answers: Representation of Absolute Value (Part 2)
1. | 15 - (-3) | + | -7 |
| 15 + 3 | + 7
| 18 | + 7
18 + 7 = 25
2. | -12 - (-5) |
| -12 + 5 |
| -7 | = 7
3. | 5 + (-7) |
| 5 - 7 |
| -2 | = 2
4. | 2 + (-4) | + | 10 + (-5) |
| 2 - 4 | + | 10 - 5 |
| -2 | + | 5 |
2 + 5 = 7
5. | 5 + (-5) |
| 5 - 5 |
| 0 | = 0