The question we are tackling on this page: What is the absolute value of negative 647 or -647?
When you ask, "What is the absolute value of -647?" you are asking for the answer to the following problem:
|-647| = ?
The absolute value of -647 is the distance between -647 and 0 on a number line. See illustration below where -x is -647:
Since the distance between -647 and 0 on a number line is 647, we get the answer as follows:
|-647| = 647
Note that the absolute value of -647 can also be written as abs(-647) which may be useful to know if you have a good calculator.
Absolute Value of -646
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