Basic Operations Exercises

Example 1

|-16| =

Hint

The absolute value of a number is always positive.

Example 2

|-30| + |-5| =

Hint

Treat absolute value bars as parentheses. Turn both negatives into positives.

Example 3

-|15 + 2| =

Hint

Take the negative of the absolute value.

Example 4

|-4 + 1| + |-10| =

Hint

Do each set of absolute value bars separately.