The question we are tackling on this page: What is the absolute value of positive 858 or 858?
When you ask, "What is the absolute value of 858?" you are asking for the answer to the following problem:
|858| = ?
The absolute value of 858 is the distance between 858 and 0 on a number line. See illustration below where x is 858:
Since the distance between 858 and 0 on a number line is 858, we get the answer as follows:
|858| = 858
Note that the absolute value of 858 can also be written as abs(858) which may be useful to know if you have a good calculator.
Absolute Value of 859
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