Subtracting Integers

Front

What is subtracting a negative integer equivalent to?

Back

Adding the positive integer.

Front

What is the result of 19 - (-19)?

Back

38

Front

How can you express 12 - 20 as an addition problem?

Back

12 + (-20)

Front

What is the result of -7 - (-7)?

Back

0

Front

How would -9 - (-5) look like as an addition problem?

Back

-9 + 5

Front

What does it mean to subtract an integer?

Back

To find the difference between two numbers, which can involve adding the opposite.

Front

What is the result of -25 + 70?

Back

$45

Front

What is the rule for subtracting integers?

Back

Change the subtraction to addition and change the sign of the integer being subtracted.

Front

What is the result of 12 - 20?

Back

-8

Front

If you have $-10 and you subtract $5, what do you have?

Back

$-15