diff --git a/enginetest/queries/function_queries.go b/enginetest/queries/function_queries.go
index 954a3c3b3b..1d1fddbf02 100644
--- a/enginetest/queries/function_queries.go
+++ b/enginetest/queries/function_queries.go
@@ -1603,12 +1603,63 @@ var FunctionQueryTests = []QueryTest{
 	},
 	// https://github.com/dolthub/dolt/issues/9735
 	{
-		Query:    "select log('10asdf', '100f')",
-		Expected: []sql.Row{{float64(2)}},
+		Query:                 "select log('10asdf', '100f')",
+		Expected:              []sql.Row{{float64(2)}},
+		ExpectedWarningsCount: 2,
 	},
 	{
-		Query:    "select log('a10asdf', 'b100f')",
-		Expected: []sql.Row{{nil}},
+		Query:                 "select log('a10asdf', 'b100f')",
+		Expected:              []sql.Row{{nil}},
+		ExpectedWarningsCount: 2,
+	},
+	// https://github.com/dolthub/dolt/issues/10171
+	{
+		Query:                 "select abs('hi')",
+		Expected:              []sql.Row{{float64(0)}},
+		ExpectedWarningsCount: 1,
+	},
+	{
+		Query:                 "select abs('12.3hi')",
+		Expected:              []sql.Row{{12.3}},
+		ExpectedWarningsCount: 1,
+	},
+	{
+		Query:                 "select abs('-342.12hi')",
+		Expected:              []sql.Row{{342.12}},
+		ExpectedWarningsCount: 1,
+	},
+	// https://github.com/dolthub/dolt/issues/10270
+	{
+		Query:    "select abs(1 and true)",
+		Expected: []sql.Row{{1}},
+	},
+	{
+		Query:    "select abs(true)",
+		Expected: []sql.Row{{1}},
+	},
+	{
+		Query:    "select abs(2 and true)",
+		Expected: []sql.Row{{1}},
+	},
+	{
+		Query:    "select abs(false)",
+		Expected: []sql.Row{{0}},
+	},
+	{
+		Query:    "select abs(false or 2)",
+		Expected: []sql.Row{{1}},
+	},
+	{
+		Query:    "select abs(date('2020-12-15'))",
+		Expected: []sql.Row{{float64(20201215)}},
+		// https://github.com/dolthub/dolt/issues/10278
+		Skip: true,
+	},
+	{
+		Query:    "select abs(time('12:23:43'))",
+		Expected: []sql.Row{{float64(122343)}},
+		// https://github.com/dolthub/dolt/issues/10278
+		Skip: true,
 	},
 	// Date Manipulation Function Tests
 	{
diff --git a/sql/expression/function/absval.go b/sql/expression/function/absval.go
index 2da07f306b..3414c6882a 100644
--- a/sql/expression/function/absval.go
+++ b/sql/expression/function/absval.go
@@ -16,11 +16,14 @@ package function
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"math"
 
+	"github.com/dolthub/vitess/go/mysql"
 	"github.com/shopspring/decimal"
 
 	"github.com/dolthub/go-mysql-server/sql"
 	"github.com/dolthub/go-mysql-server/sql/expression"
+	"github.com/dolthub/go-mysql-server/sql/types"
 )
 
 // AbsVal is a function that takes the absolute value of a number
@@ -93,11 +96,7 @@ func (t *AbsVal) Eval(ctx *sql.Context, row sql.Row) (interface{}, error) {
 			return x, nil
 		}
 	case float64:
-		if x < 0 {
-			return -x, nil
-		} else {
-			return x, nil
-		}
+		return math.Abs(x), nil
 	case float32:
 		if x < 0 {
 			return -x, nil
@@ -106,13 +105,21 @@ func (t *AbsVal) Eval(ctx *sql.Context, row sql.Row) (interface{}, error) {
 		}
 	case decimal.Decimal:
 		return x.Abs(), nil
+	case bool:
+		if x {
+			return 1, nil
+		}
+		return 0, nil
+	default:
+		v, _, err := types.Float64.Convert(ctx, val)
+		if err != nil {
+			if !sql.ErrTruncatedIncorrect.Is(err) {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			ctx.Warn(mysql.ERTruncatedWrongValue, "%s", err.Error())
+		}
+		return math.Abs(v.(float64)), nil
 	}
-
-	// TODO: Strings should truncate to float prefix. We should also check what other types return. But abs should not
-	// return null for non-null values
-	// https://github.com/dolthub/dolt/issues/10171
-	// https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.4/en/mathematical-functions.html#function_abs
-	return nil, nil
 }
 
 // String implements the fmt.Stringer interface.
@@ -139,7 +146,11 @@ func (t *AbsVal) WithChildren(children ...sql.Expression) (sql.Expression, error
 
 // Type implements the Expression interface.
 func (t *AbsVal) Type() sql.Type {
-	return t.Child.Type()
+	typ := t.Child.Type()
+	if types.IsNumber(typ) {
+		return typ
+	}
+	return types.Float64
 }
 
 // CollationCoercibility implements the interface sql.CollationCoercible.