How do you know if -4^2 is -16 or 16?

You call the pizza store and find out that eachpizza has 12 slices. you expect 16 people tocome, and you estimate each person will eat 3slices. how many pizzas should you order

Zoey made 5 1/2 cups of trail mix for a camping trip. she wants to divide the trail mix into 3/4 cup servings. a. ten people are going on the trip. can zoey make enough 3/4 cup servings so that each person gets one serving? b. what size would the servings need to be for everyone to have a serving?

The data set represents the ages of players in a chess club. 27, 34, 38, 16, 22, 45, 54, 60. what is the mean absolute deviation of the data set?