Grade 6 · The Number System

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.NS.C.7c

Understand the absolute value of a rational number as its distance from 0 on the number line; interpret absolute value as magnitude for a positive or negative quantity in a real-world situation.

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Lessons that teach this standard

• Absolute Value: Distance from Zero

  What absolute value means, why it is never negative, how it differs from a statement about order, and how to use it to find the distance between two numbers.