Skills · The Number System · The Number Line
Absolute value and opposites
Printable practice with an answer key the engine computes, at three levels, in as many versions as you need.
Problem types
- the absolute value of a negative: |−7|
- the absolute value of a positive: |4|
- the opposite of a number: the opposite of −4
- a minus outside the bars: −|−6|
- a difference inside the bars: |3 − 8|
- three minuses, −(−(−2)): −(−(−2))
- two absolute values added or subtracted: |−3| + |−5|
Sample Sheet · Level 1
- the opposite of 7 =
- |10| =
- the opposite of 5 =
- the opposite of −13 =
- |14| =
- |11| =
- |−15| =
- |−8| =
Answer key
- −7
- 10
- −5
- 13
- 14
- 11
- 15
- 8
Sample Sheet · Level 3
- |2| =
- −(−(−5)) =
- |−6| + |−5| =
- |−19| =
- |5 − 10| =
- the opposite of 11 =
- −(−(−3)) =
- −|9| =
Answer key
- 2
- −5
- 11
- 19
- 5
- −11
- −3
- −9
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