The question we are tackling on this page: What is the absolute value of negative 8159 or -8159?
When you ask, "What is the absolute value of -8159?" you are asking for the answer to the following problem:
|-8159| = ?
The absolute value of -8159 is the distance between -8159 and 0 on a number line. See illustration below where -x is -8159:
Since the distance between -8159 and 0 on a number line is 8159, we get the answer as follows:
|-8159| = 8159
Note that the absolute value of -8159 can also be written as abs(-8159) which may be useful to know if you have a good calculator.
Absolute Value of -8158
Use the knowledge you gained on this page to figure out the absolute value of the next number on our list.
|
|
