Adding/Subtracting Integers

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What is an integer?

Back

An integer is a whole number that can be positive, negative, or zero.

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What does it mean to add integers?

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Adding integers involves combining their values. If both integers are positive, the result is positive. If both are negative, the result is negative. If one is positive and one is negative, subtract the smaller absolute value from the larger absolute value and take the sign of the integer with the larger absolute value.

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What does it mean to subtract integers?

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Subtracting integers means adding the opposite. For example, to subtract a positive integer, you add its negative counterpart.

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What is the result of -8 - (-4)?

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-4

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When you subtract a positive number from a positive number, the answer is ________ negative.

Back

sometimes

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What is 3 + (-7)?

Back

-4

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Which addition equation represents 6 + (-3)?

Back

6 + (-3) = 3

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What is the same as 24 + (-6)?

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24 - 6

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What is the rule for adding two negative integers?

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The sum of two negative integers is always negative.

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What is the rule for adding a positive integer and a negative integer?

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Subtract the smaller absolute value from the larger absolute value and take the sign of the integer with the larger absolute value.