Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #7304: Absolute value - problems miss the point
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2011-11-29 23:22:12+00:00
State: open
Labels: ie8, other, win7

Reporter: stoutman@gmail.com

These absolute value problems were all the absolute values of positive numbers. That doesn't really embody the point of absolute values. I think this exercise would reinforce absolute values better if it asked for a mix of absolute values of negative and positive numbers.

[absolute_value.html?seed=119&problem=0](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/absolute_value.html?seed=119&problem=0&debug)

[Answer timeline](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/absolute_value.html?seed=119&problem=0&debug&activity=%5B%5B%22correct-activity%22%2C%22%5C%227.9%5C%22%22%2C3%5D%5D)

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