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Absolute Value & The Opposite of a Number
(Pre Algebra)
Last changed on December 23, 2008 - 264 views - 00:09:08
Finding absolute values and opposites of numbers.
Created by and copyright of Larry Perez. Funded by the state of California through Saddleback College. More information on videos, resources, and lessons at Algebra2Go, http://www.saddleback.edu/faculty/Lperez/Algebra2go/.
Created by and copyright of Larry Perez. Funded by the state of California through Saddleback College. More information on videos, resources, and lessons at Algebra2Go, http://www.saddleback.edu/faculty/Lperez/Algebra2go/.
- What is the absolute value of a number?
- What is the opposite of a number?
- How is absolute value like distance?
- What is the absolute value of -3 + 5?
- How do you find the absolute value of an expression?
- How can you find absolute values and opposites using the number line?
- What is the opposite of a negative number?
- What is the opposite of the absolute value of a negative number?
- What is the opposite of 5 - 9?
The idea of absolute values is explained in this video as the distance of a number from 0. The absolute value and the opposites of many different numbers are found. Some more complicated examples are done near the end of the video, by finding absolute values of negatives and negatives of absolute values.
