Basic Math Examples

$| - 4 - (- 8) |$

Step 1

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 8$ .

$| - 4 + 8 |$

Step 2

Add $- 4$ and $8$ .

$| 4 |$

Step 3

The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between $0$ and $4$ is $4$ .

$4$