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MF.SN.4 Standard MF-026-A06-V04

Interpret absolute value as distance and use it to compare quantities and errors.

Interpret absolute value as error size

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A store planned to make a \(\$250\) profit on Saturday. Instead, the actual profit was \(\$238\). What was the amount of the deviation from the target profit?

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Four variants of this problem type
Curriculum context
Standard
MF.SN.4
Category
Signed Numbers
Domain
Absolute Value
Objective
Interpret absolute value as distance and use it to compare quantities and errors.
Problem type
Interpret absolute value as error size