The easiest way to find the absolute value of a number is by ramoving the negative. For expressions like | 8-2 | the expression is solved and then the absolute is applied. A other way to see absolute values is by determining the distance the number is from 0. For example, a negative 5 would be farther away from 0 than a positive 3, so the absolute of 5 is greater than the absolute of 3.