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Find the absolute value of a rational number

Year 6 maths · Fieldbook Learning

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Absolute value is the distance from 0 on a number line. Distance is never negative, so write the number without its sign.

  1. What is |−1|?
  2. What is |−6|?
  3. How far is −8 from 0 on a number line?
  4. How far is 2 from 0 on a number line?
  5. How far is 28 from 0 on a number line?
  6. How far is 4 from 0 on a number line?
  7. What is |−17|?
  8. How far is −41 from 0 on a number line?
  9. How far is 6.2 from 0 on a number line?
  10. How far is −7.2 from 0 on a number line?
  11. What is the distance between 45.6 and 0 on a number line?
  12. What is the distance between 9.6 and 0 on a number line?
  13. What is the distance between 36.9 and 0 on a number line?
  14. What is |−27.9|?
  15. What is the distance between 55.8 and 0 on a number line?
  16. What is |26.6|?
  17. How far is −201.1 from 0 on a number line?
  18. What is the distance between −853.8 and 0 on a number line?
  19. How far is −73.3 from 0 on a number line?
  20. What is the distance between 237.1 and 0 on a number line?
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Answer key: Find the absolute value of a rational number

  1. 1
  2. 6
  3. 8
  4. 2
  5. 28
  6. 4
  7. 17
  8. 41
  9. 6.2
  10. 7.2
  11. 45.6
  12. 9.6
  13. 36.9
  14. 27.9
  15. 55.8
  16. 26.6
  17. 201.1
  18. 853.8
  19. 73.3
  20. 237.1