Absolute value to find distance

The  exercise appears under the 7th grade (U.S.) Math Mission. This exercise practices.

Types of Problems
There is two types of problems in this exercise:
 * 1. Select the number line that matches the expression: This problem has an absolute value equation and two number lines. This problem asks the student to find the number line that correctly displays the absolute value.


 * 2. Find the expression that shows the distance between two numbers: This problem has two numbers. The student is asked to find which absolute value correctly matches those two numbers.

Strategies
Knowledge of absolute value and number lines are essential to ensure success in this exercise.
 * 1. The distance between two numbers on the number line is the absolute value of their difference.