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Adding and Subtracting Integers Answer Key

Master the rules for adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers.

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Integer Rules

Q1.How do you add two positive numbers?

Answer

Just add them normally. 5 + 3 = 8.

Q2.How do you add two negative numbers?

Answer

Add their absolute values and make the answer negative. -5 + (-3) = -8.

Q3.How do you add a positive and negative number?

Answer

Subtract the smaller absolute value from the larger, and use the sign of the larger. 5 + (-3) = 2, or -5 + 3 = -2.

Subtraction Tricks

Q4.What's the trick for subtracting integers?

Q5.What's 7 - (-4)?

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