Question

Find the distance between -4 and 6 on the number line .

Answer 1

The answer is 11 because if you count going from -4 to 6 you get -4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4,5,6

Answer 2

10

Explanation:

The formula for finding distance between 2 points on a number-line is absolute value. We need to find the absolute value of -4+6. |-4| + |6| = 10

Absolute Value negates any negatives.