Free interactive math game: Abs. Value Equation — |x−3| = 5. Part of the Absolute Value category on MathKite.
Taken from the generator that powers this exercise. A fresh set appears every time the page is opened, and the printable worksheet holds ten of them.
Equations where the unknown sits inside absolute-value bars.
Two values are the same distance from zero, so split into a positive case and a negative case and solve both.
If the absolute value of x is 7, then x is 7 or x is -7.
Giving only one answer. Unless the value is zero, there are always two solutions.