The question we are tackling on this page: What is the absolute value of positive 688 or 688?
When you ask, "What is the absolute value of 688?" you are asking for the answer to the following problem:
|688| = ?
The absolute value of 688 is the distance between 688 and 0 on a number line. See illustration below where x is 688:
Since the distance between 688 and 0 on a number line is 688, we get the answer as follows:
|688| = 688
Note that the absolute value of 688 can also be written as abs(688) which may be useful to know if you have a good calculator.
Absolute Value of 689
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