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Absolute value worksheets Grades 6–7

Evaluate expressions with absolute value bars.

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How to do it

Absolute value is distance from 0, so it is never negative: |−7| = 7.

∣−11∣+∣−8∣=11+8=19|-11| + |-8| = 11 + 8 = 19each absolute value first

Example problems

  1. ∣−20−7∣=|-20 - 7| =
  2. ∣−11−2∣=|-11 - 2| =
  3. ∣8∣+∣19∣=|8| + |19| =
  4. ∣−8∣+∣17∣=|-8| + |17| =

Integers and order of operations

  1. Comparing integers
  2. Adding integers
  3. Subtracting integers
  4. Multiplying and dividing integers
  5. Exponents
  6. Order of operations
  7. Order of operations with negative numbers
  8. Absolute value