Question

Choose the appropriate option towards the correctness of the below statement:

The absolute value of any integer is always positive.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B False

Let's find the absolute values of some integers:

$\text{Integer}$	$\text{Absolute value}$
$3$	$|3|=3$
$0$	$|0|=0$
$-1$	$|-1|=-1\times (-1)=1$
$-3$	$|-3|=-1\times (-3)=3$

• Except $‘‘0"$, all the numbers in the above table have a positive absolute value.
• The absolute value of zero is zero.
• As a result, the absolute value of any integer should either be positive or $0$.

Therefore, the given statement the absolute value of any integer is always positive is FALSE.