Question

The absolute value of $5$ is .

Answer 1

$\underset{–}{\text{Absolute value of a number}}:$

• The value which refers to the distance of a number from $‘‘0"$ on the number line is called absolute value.
• The absolute value of any integer, whether positive or negative, will always be a positive integer, regardless of which sign it has.
• Absolute value is represented by two vertical lines |a|, which defines the magnitude/modulus of any integer ‘a’.

For example: $5$ is the absolute value for both $5$ and $-5.$

$\therefore |-5|=|+5|=5$

The below diagram depicts the distance representation for an absolute value of $5$ and $-5$ on the number line.

Therefore, the absolute value of $5$ is $5$ itself.

$\underset{–}{\text{Notes}}:$

• Absolute value of a positive number is the number itself.
• Absolute value of zero is zero.
• Absolute value of a negative number is $(-1\times \text{negative number})$.