Question

What is the absolute value of -6?

Answer 1

To find the absolute value of -6, we first of all should know how to find the absolute value of a number. Absolute value of a number is a value which is free of any signs (here we are talking about the negative sign). So, to find the absolute value of -6, we have to remove the negative sign from this number.

Complete step by step solution:
In the above problem, we have given a number -6 and we are asked to find the absolute value of -6.
To move forward in the above question, we should know the absolute value of any number. Absolute value of a number means it is that value of a number which is free of negative sign so if you have given any number then remove the negative sign from the number and you will get the absolute value of that number.
Now, to find the absolute value of -6, we have to remove the negative sign from this number -6.
Removing negative sign from -6 we get,
6
Hence, the absolute value of -6 is 6.

Note: The point to be noted is that if we have a number with a negative sign then we will remove the negative sign to get the absolute value, suppose if we have a number which has no negative sign with it then how can we find the absolute value. The answer to this problem is that if you have given a number which has no negative sign with it then the number itself is the absolute value.
For e.g. let us take a number 4 then the absolute value of this number is 4.