Form 9: Real-World Applications - Finance and Money
Use absolute value to represent financial scenarios such as debits, credits, and account balances. Understand how amounts represent distance from a zero balance.
Questions
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A bank account has a debt of -$50. What is the absolute value of this debt?
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You earn a profit of +$75. What is the distance of this balance from $0?
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Person A has a balance of -$40 and Person B has a balance of -$90. Who owes more money (larger absolute value)?
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What is |-120| representing a spending of $120?
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A gain of $30 and a loss of $30 have the same absolute value. What does this mean?
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A transaction change is -$15. What is the magnitude of this transaction?
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Which account balance is farther from $0: -$200 or +$150?
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What balance corresponds to zero absolute value?
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If a business has a net change of -$65, what is |-65|?
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Which account balances have an absolute value of $25?
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What is the absolute value of -$5?
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Between -$100 and +$80, which amount represents a greater distance from zero dollars?