Definition: Absolute value is always a positive number except for 0 as 0 is neither positive or negative. Absolute Value refers to the distance of a number from 0, the distances are positive as absolute value of a number cannot be negative. Remind yourself that absolute value is just how far from 0 the number is regardless of direction.
For example: You will use this term to refer to the distance of a point or number from the origin (zero point) of a number line. The symbol to show the absolute value is two vertical lines: | -2 | = 2.
Examples:
|5| This shows the absolute value of 5 is 5.|-5| This shows the absolute value of -5 is 5.
