What is the absolute value of -5?
a) 5
b) -5
c) 0
d) It depends on the context
b) -5
c) 0
d) It depends on the context
Details:
The absolute value of a number is its distance from zero on a number line. The absolute value of 3 and -3 are exactly the same. In math, absolute value is also called a modulus. Picture a line of numbers with zero in the middle, positive values extending to the right and negative numbers to the left.
