Evaluate |--12/4|

$| - \frac{- 12}{4} |$

Divide $- 12$ by $4$ .

$| - - 3 |$

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 3$ .

$| 3 |$

The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between $0$ and $3$ is $3$ .

$3$