Today Matthew and I continued in 1.6 but moved into working on solving absolute value equations. We discussed the meaning of absolute value, in that it represents the distance a number is from 0. So the outcome of the abs.value of -7 would be 7, since it is 7 units away from 0. Using this logic we applied it to solving equations. If we see an abs.value set equal to a number, we have to solve it as if it were both positive and negative. Matthew did great with this concept. He said he recalls having worked these problem types in Algebra 2.