Question

Which number sentence is true?

A. 82 < |-82|
B. |-82| < |-83|
C. |-83| < |83|
D. |82| > |-83|

Answer 1

B.) is the correct answer.

|-82|<|-83|

82<83

Remember, absolute value is the distance from 0, and distance is always positive. So, |-82| is actually 82 units left of 0 on a number line. |-83| is actually 83 units left of zero on a number line. 82 is smaller than 83.