| | The question we are tackling on this page: What is the absolute value of positive 228 or 228? 
 When you ask, "What is the absolute value of 228?" you are asking for the answer to the following problem:
 
 |228| = ?
 
 The absolute value of 228 is the distance between 228 and 0 on a number line. See illustration below where x is 228:
 
 
  
 Since the distance between 228 and 0 on a number line is 228, we get the answer as follows:
 
 |228| = 228
 
 
 Note that the absolute value of 228 can also be written as abs(228) which may be useful to know if you have a good calculator.
 
 Absolute Value of 229
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