Absolute

Value
Positive Number
Negative Number
 Positive numbers go to
+ vs. - the right of zero
Negative numbers go to
the left of zero
Zero is neither positive
or negative
 What is Absolute Value?
The absolute value
of an integer is its
distance from
zero on the
number line.
the integers that are the same distance from zero is
opposite directions are called opposites. the integers
+3 and -3 are opposites since they are each 3 units
from zero.
You
try!
 we find the
Reminder!
absolute value of an
integer, we are
finding its distance
from 0 on the
number line.
 Opposite integers
Need to
know! have the same
absolute value since
they are both the
same distance from
0.