Question

What is |-8| ? -16

-8
8
16

Answer 1

When it is the absolute of a negative number then the negative number then turns positive. Your answer would be 8

Answer 2

8

Those little "sticks" are called absolute value.

For example, the absolute value of 2 is 2, and the absolute value of −2 is also 2. The absolute value of a number may be thought of as its distance from zero along real number line.

Thus, it doesn't matter if the number is positive or negative. As it only counts its distance from 0, on the number line.

I hope it helps.