Integer Rules

Front

What is the rule for determining the sign of the sum of two integers?

Back

The sum of two integers will be positive if the number with the larger absolute value is positive, and negative if the number with the larger absolute value is negative.

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What is the product of three negative integers?

Back

The product of three negative integers is negative.

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What is the result of multiplying -1 by itself an even number of times?

Back

The result is 1.

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What is the result of multiplying -1 by itself an odd number of times?

Back

The result is -1.

Front

How do you find the distance between two points on a number line, one above and one below zero?

Back

Add the absolute values of the two numbers.

Front

What is the phrase used to help with subtraction of integers?

Back

Keep, Change, Change.

Front

What happens when you add a positive integer to a negative integer?

Back

The result depends on the absolute values of the integers; if the positive integer has a larger absolute value, the result is positive, and vice versa.

Front

What is the absolute value of a number?

Back

The absolute value of a number is its distance from zero on the number line, regardless of direction.

Front

What is the result of adding two negative integers?

Back

The result is always negative.

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What is the result of adding two positive integers?

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The result is always positive.