Absolute Value
By John Brooks, M.A.
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You can find John’s ASL Video lesson on Absolute Value at:
https://support.veditz.org/hc/en-us/articles/223364748
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Hello! Welcome to this video! In this video, we will talk about
the question “What is Absolute Value?”
Notice below we have a number line. We have 0 in the middle,
and on the left side we have negative 5. On the right side we
have positive 5.
Everything starts at 0, typically. This statement will help us
understand absolute value a little better.
We have two examples. The first example is… what is the
absolute value of 3? Maybe you’ve seen these lines. They are
called absolute value notation lines.
So, we are looking at “3”. We have to think how far is “3” from
“0” Let’s count. 1, 2, 3. “3” is our absolute value answer.
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Here is a second example. Suppose we have negative 4.
Negative 4 is on the left side of 0. Let’s count. 1, 2, 3, 4. So our
absolute value is “4” in this case.
Here is one last tip. Absolute value is always positive. We just
looked at negative 4, but the absolute value is positive. Why?
Because distance measured is always positive. 1, 2, 3, 4.
So now you have an idea how to work with absolute value.
Thank you for watching! End
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