ALTERNATIVE LEARNING SYSTEM

MATHEMATICS

Name:_ ________________________________ Level: Secondary Date: _________

Quarter: Activity No: _____ Title: Absolute Value of a Number

I. Learning Objective:

Find the absolute value of a number

LS3MP-NN-PSB-JHS-140 (p. 134)

II. Pre-assessment

Write the absolute value of the following numbers on the space provided in each
Number.

1. I3I = 6. I-19I =

2. I12I = 7. I-10I =

3. I100I = 8. I6I =

4. I-9I = 9. I7.2) =

5. I-25I = 10. I89I =

III. Learning Concepts

Study the video clip on the absolute value of numbers.

 Absolute_Value[Youtubetomp3.sc].mp4
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1iN_fD4UCg

An absolute value tells the distance of a number from 0 in the number line
whether the direction is going to the right or the left. It is always positive.

Example:

5 5

-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

In the example, the absolute value of “5” is 5. This is the distance of 5 from zero.
The direction is going to the right.

The other example is “-5”. To the left from zero, the distance is 5. So the absolute
value of “-5” is also 5. Remember that absolute value is always positive, since it
only tells the distance of the number from zero in the number line.

The absolute value of a number is written with two bars or straight lines between
the number/s. You will know that you have to express a number in its absolute value if
there are bars between the numbers.

Examples: I5I, I10I, I-7I

Let’s have more examples

Example 1
 3 9

-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

a. I9I =9 The absolute value of 9 is 9

*The direction in the number line is going to the right. The distance of 9 to zero is
9, so the absolute value is 9.

b. I-3I =3 The absolute value of -3 is 3

*Since 3 is a negative number, the direction in the number line is going to the left.
The distance from zero is 3, so the absolute value of -3 is 3.

c. I0I =0 The absolute value of 0 is 0

*In this example, the number is 0, so there is no distance involved, that is why
The absolute value is also zero.

*Notice that if you want a number to be in its absolute value, it is in between bars
but when it is change to its absolute value, there are no more bars. So numbers with
bars in between indicate that you have to change it to its absolute value.

*Also take note that the answer is always positive, since absolute value is the
distance of the given number to zero whatever is the direction of the arrow in the
number line.

Example 2

a. I1.5I = 1.5
 b. I2.1I = 2.1
c. I3.6I = 3.6
d. I-4.7I = 4.7
e. I-8.9I = 8.9

*The rule in getting the absolute numbers of decimals is the same. The answer is
always positive.

Example 3
9-4

-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

a. I9-4I = 5

In I9-4I in the number line, you start the arrow in +9 and move to the left 4
times since we are subtracting the number (-4), so the answer is 5.

4-9

-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

b. I4-9I = 5

In the number line, we start the arrow in +4 going to the left since we are
Subtracting the number (-9). The answer is -5, but since an absolute value
should
Always be positive, the answer is 5.

Try answering the following exercises. What is the absolute value of the following?
a. I8-5I = c. I10-3I =
b. I5-8I = d. I3-10) =

IV. Post Assessment

A. Circle the correct absolute value from the choices given in each number.
 1. I83I

-38 38 -83 83

2. I-96I

-69 69 -96 96

3. I2.8)

-2.8 2.8 -8.2 8.2

4. I12-5I

-5 -7 7 12

5. I6-10

-4 4 6 -10

B. Find the absolute value of the following numbers. Write your answers on the
Space provided.

1. I25I = __________ 6. I1.6I = __________

2. I4I = __________ 7. I-7.23I = __________

3. I-38I = __________ 8. I10-5I = __________

4. I-90I = __________ 9. I8-5I = __________

5. I3.2I = __________ 10. I15-7I = __________

VI. Answer Key

A. Pre-assessment
1. 3
2. 12
3. 100
4. 9
5. 25
6. 19
7. 10
8. 16
9. 7.2
10. 89

B. Post Assessment
A. 1. 83
2. 96
3. 2.8
4. 7
5. 4

B. 1. 25
2. 4
3. 38
4. 90
5. 3.2
6. 1.6
7. 7.23
8. 5
9. 3
10. 8