Absolute Value Worksheet

A worksheet for 6th graders to practice understanding and calculating absolute value.

Grade 6 Math Number SenseIntegers and Rational NumbersAbsolute Value

Use This Worksheet

Includes

TextFill in the Blanks2 Short AnswerMultiple ChoiceTrue / False

Standards

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.NS.C.7.C

Topics

mathgrade 6absolute valueintegersnumber sense

8 sections · Free to use · Printable

← More Math worksheets for Grade 6

Absolute Value Practice

Name:

Date:

Score:

Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show your work where applicable.

Absolute value is the distance of a number from zero on a number line. It is always a positive value, regardless of whether the original number is positive or negative. We use two vertical bars to show absolute value, like this: | -5 | = 5.

1. The absolute value of a number is its from zero on a number line.

2. The absolute value of -10 is .

3. The symbol for absolute value is .

4. Find the absolute value of each number:

a. | 8 |

b. | -15 |

c. | 0 |

d. | -23 |

5. Which of the following numbers has an absolute value of 7?

-7

Both a and b

Neither a nor b

6. Plot the following numbers on the number line below and then write their absolute values.

a. -4: | -4 | =

b. 2: | 2 | =

7. The absolute value of any negative number is negative.

True

False