The question we are tackling on this page: What is the absolute value of negative 658 or -658?
When you ask, "What is the absolute value of -658?" you are asking for the answer to the following problem:
|-658| = ?
The absolute value of -658 is the distance between -658 and 0 on a number line. See illustration below where -x is -658:
Since the distance between -658 and 0 on a number line is 658, we get the answer as follows:
|-658| = 658
Note that the absolute value of -658 can also be written as abs(-658) which may be useful to know if you have a good calculator.
Absolute Value of -657
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