Question

Find the distance between the two numbers on a number line. (Hint: distance is always positive.)

-9.2, 4.5

Answer 1

13.7

Explanation:

Let us imagine that 0 on the numberline. -9.2 is to the left, and 4.5 is to the right of zero.

Since distance as positive, we can simply add the absolute values of -9.2 and 4.5 to obtain the distance:

|-9.2|+|4.5|=

9.2+4.5=

13.7

I hope this helps! :)