What is the absolute value of -32

Question

What is the absolute value of -32

Answer 1

To ducktail off of Rebecca's answer, the absolute value of a number is how far a number is away from 0 on a number line:

 

 

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-40  -32        -20          -10          0          10            20         30

 

Negative thirty-two is thirty-two units away from 0, therefore the absolute value of -32 is 32.

Answer 2

Hi, Chrystal.

The absolute value of a number is always positive.

 

ABS(-32) = 32