Evaluate |-24÷(2^2)|

$| - 24 \div 2^{2} |$

Rewrite the division as a fraction.

$| \frac{- 24}{2^{2}} |$

Raise $2$ to the power of $2$ .

$| \frac{- 24}{4} |$

Divide $- 24$ by $4$ .

$| - 6 |$

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

$6$