Question

Order the numbers from greatest to least based on their absolute value:

Answer 1

Answer: |-34|, |-25|, |0.5|, |0.35|

==============================================================

Explanation:

The absolute value of a negative number is the positive version of that number

|-25| = 25

|-34| = 34

The absolute value of a positive number is that exact same number

|0.5| = 0.5

|0.35| = 0.35

Absolute value represents the distance a number is from 0 on the number line. The distance is never negative, which is why |-25| = 25 for instance.

---------------

After simplifying each absolute value, we get this list {25, 0.5, 34, 0.35}

That sorts from greatest to least to get {34, 25, 0.5, 0.35}

This means the answer is |-34|, |-25|, |0.5|, |0.35|

----------------

note: it might help to think of 0.5 as 0.50, so you can see that 0.50 is larger than 0.35