Finding absolute values

The topic  is a topic under the 6th Grade Math Mission. This exercise introduces the concept of absolute value.

Types of Problems
There is one type of problem in this exercise:


 * 1) Find the absolute value: This problem provides an absolute value problem and asks the student to find the outcome of the expression.Fav1.png

Strategies
This exercise is easy to get accuracy and speed badges because there is only one type of problem and with knowledge of absolute value it is very straight-forward.
 * 1) The absolute value is the magnitude of the distance from zero.
 * 2) More algebraically, absolute value of a positive number is the number, whereas absolute value of a negative number is the opposite of that number.
 * 3) Sometimes it is convenient to think of absolute value as the "positive" of the number provided.
 * 4) The numbers on this exercise can sometimes involve decimals.
 * 5) The answer will always be positive (except possibly zero).