Adding and Subtracting Integers

Vocab

100

Absolute Value

The distance of a number from zero

200

Integer

The set of whole numbers and their opposites.

300

Opposite

The opposite of a number is the same distance from zero as the original number just on the other side.

400

|-6|

Absolute value of -6 = 6

500

6 and -6

Opposites

Adding Integers

100

-5 + 9

4

200

-12 + 5

-7

300

-16 + (-17)

-33

400

How do you find the sum of numbers with different signs

Subtract and take the sign of the bigger number

500

-16+18+-17

-15

Subtracting Integers

100

-4 - 6

-10

200

4 - 11

-7

300

15 - (-7)

22

400

-27 - (-3)

-24

500

-10 - 11 - (-3)

-18

Multiply/divide

100

-2 * - 3

6

200

-10 + -2(30)

-70

300

2*-2*-2

8

400

(10/-2)*-5

25

500

2(-10) + (-2/-2) +10*2

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