Basic Math Examples

$5 - | - 6 |$

Step 1

Simplify each term.

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Step 1.1

The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between $- 6$ and $0$ is $6$ .

$5 - 1 \cdot 6$

Step 1.2

Multiply $- 1$ by $6$ .

$5 - 6$

Step 2

Subtract $6$ from $5$ .

$- 1$