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7.1e - Absolute Value
Number, Number Sense, Computation and Estimation

Measurement and Geometry

Probability, Statistics, Patterns, Functions, and Algebra

SOL Review Materials
Number and Number Sense
Focus: Proportional Reasoning

The student will
e)  identify and describe absolute value for rational numbers. 
Essential Knowledge and Skills 
  • Demonstrate absolute value using a number line.
  • Determine the absolute value of a rational number.
  • Show that the distance between two rational numbers on the number line is the absolute value of their difference, and apply this principle to solve practical problems.† Revised March 2011
Essential Understandings
  • Why is the absolute value of a number positive? The absolute value of a number represents distance from zero on a number line regardless of direction. Distance is positive.
Vertical Articulation
  • SOL 5.2ab - a) recognize/name fractions in their equivalent decimal form and vice versa; b) compare/order fracts and decimals
  • SOL 6.2ab - a) frac/dec/% - a) describe as ratios; b) ID from representation;
  • SOL 6.2cd - c) equiv relationships; d) compare/order
  • SOL 8.1b - compare/order fract/dec/%, and scientific notation
  • SOL A.1 - represent verbal quantitative situations algebraically/evaluate expressions for given replacement values of variables
Instructional Materials
  1. VDOE Enhanced Scope and Sequence Lesson: Absolute Value (PDF) - Identifying and describing absolute value for rational numbers (Word)
  2. Notes: Absolute Value (ppt)
  3. Notes: Absolute Value (flipchart)
  4. Interactive Notes: Absolute Value TEI (flipchart)
Real World Lessons
SOL Mini Quiz
  1. SOL 7.1e Mini Quiz: Absolute Value (pdf) | (doc)
  1. Khan Academy: Absolute Value of Integers
  2. Khan Academy: Absolute Value and Number Lines
  3. PH: Comparing and ordering integers using absolute value or a number line
Explore Learning
  1. Comparing and Ordering Integers: Compare and order integers using draggable points on a number line. Also explore the opposites of numbers on the number line.
  2. Real Number Line - Activity A: Use a number line to compare numbers. Change values by dragging points on the number line. Compare the opposites and absolute values of the numbers.
  1. Math Goodies: Notes on Absolute Value
  2. Math is Fun: Absolute Value
  3. XP Math: Absolute Value Game
VDOE Interventions
  1. VDOE Algebra Readiness Curriculum Companion: Exploring Decimals - The lessons focus on identifying place values, rounding decimals through hundredths, and performing operations of decimals and writing and solving problems with decimals.(pdf)
  2. VDOE Algebra Readiness Curriculum Companion: Working with Fractions - The lessons focus on fraction computation, factors, and multistep practical problems with fractions. Students are expected to model multiple representations of the multiplication and division of fractions. (pdf)
Common Core Standards