The question we are tackling on this page: What is the absolute value of positive 864 or 864?
When you ask, "What is the absolute value of 864?" you are asking for the answer to the following problem:
|864| = ?
The absolute value of 864 is the distance between 864 and 0 on a number line. See illustration below where x is 864:
Since the distance between 864 and 0 on a number line is 864, we get the answer as follows:
|864| = 864
Note that the absolute value of 864 can also be written as abs(864) which may be useful to know if you have a good calculator.
Absolute Value of 865
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