SAT Math Question of the Day

Math Category: Absolute Value:

Q: What is | -4 |?

  1. -4
  2. -1
  3. 1
  4. 4
  5. 16

UNANSWERED.

The correct answer is D.

A: Those parallel bars | | mean it's an absolute value problem. Think of absolute value as how far a number is from 0. Looking at the number line below, see that the -4 is 4 away from the 0. So, the answer is 4.

TIP: The absolute value of something is always a positive number or 0.