Question

Which two numbers on the number line have an absolute value of 1.75?

Answer 1

The absolute value of a number is the distance the number is from zero on the number line. Only one number is 0 units from 0. It is zero. For all other distances, there are always two numbers. Example: The two numbers a distance of 1 unit from zero are -1 and 1. Example: The two numbers a distance of 4.5 units from zero are -4.5 and 4.5.

In your case, the two numbers a distance of 1.75 units from zero are -1.75 and 1.75. Find -1.75 between -1.5 and -2 and place a dot there. Find 1.75 between 1.5 and 2 and place a dot there.