The question we are tackling on this page: What is the absolute value of positive 642 or 642?
When you ask, "What is the absolute value of 642?" you are asking for the answer to the following problem:
|642| = ?
The absolute value of 642 is the distance between 642 and 0 on a number line. See illustration below where x is 642:
Since the distance between 642 and 0 on a number line is 642, we get the answer as follows:
|642| = 642
Note that the absolute value of 642 can also be written as abs(642) which may be useful to know if you have a good calculator.
Absolute Value of 643
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