Question

What is the absolute value of –8? Use the number line to help answer the question.

–16
–8
8
16

Answer 1

Answer is 8! Because any positive/negative number in the absolute value is positive

Answer 2

8

Explanation:

For every number, there exists an absolute value.

To find an absolute , we just opposite the sign of a number.

The negative number has positive absolute value.

The positive number has negative absolute value.

Here, -8 is a negative number , so its absolute value will be +8 or 8.

The given below is the explanation to find the absolute of a number by using number line