Vocab
Define: Absolute Value
The distance of a number from zero
-5 + 9
4
-4 - 6
-10
-2 - 3
-5
Define: Integer
The set of whole numbers and their opposites
-12 + 5
-7
4 - 11
-7
-10 + 30
20
Define: Opposite
The opposite of a number is the same distance from zero as the original number just on the other side of zero
-16 + (-17)
-33
15 - (-7)
22
21 - (+5)
16
Solve: |-6|
Absolute value of -6 = 6
How do you find the sum of numbers with different signs
Subtract and sum takes the sign of the higher absolute value
-27 - (-3)
-24
Subtracting a negative is the same thing as...
Adding a positive
What do we call these integers: 6 and -6
Opposites
-16 + 18 + (-17)
-15
-10 - 11 - (-3)
-18
-10 + (-2) - 5
-17