| | The question we are tackling on this page: What is the absolute value of positive 461 or 461? 
 When you ask, "What is the absolute value of 461?" you are asking for the answer to the following problem:
 
 |461| = ?
 
 The absolute value of 461 is the distance between 461 and 0 on a number line. See illustration below where x is 461:
 
 
  
 Since the distance between 461 and 0 on a number line is 461, we get the answer as follows:
 
 |461| = 461
 
 
 Note that the absolute value of 461 can also be written as abs(461) which may be useful to know if you have a good calculator.
 
 Absolute Value of 462
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