Question

Choose all the integers that have an absolute value of $3.$

• A. $-3$
• B. $3$
• C. $6$
• D. $-6$

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B)

$3$

$\underset{–}{\text{Absolute Value of a Number:}}$
The absolute value of a number or integer is the actual distance of the integer from zero, in the number line. Therefore, the absolute value is always a positive value and cannot be a negative number.

Let's understand by drawing a number line.


In the above number line, we can see that there are two points $3$ and $-3$ whose distances from zero is $3.$

Therefore, $3$ and $-3$ are the integers that have an absolute value of $3.$