Adding Integers
What does |a| tell you?
What is "the distance a is from zero"
-7 - 4=
What is -11
|17|=
What is 17
Write as addition: -7-10=
What is -7+(-10)
|-1000|=
What is 1000
What happens to the sum if you are adding a larger negative number to a positive number?
The sum will be negative
Write as addition: 12-(-19)
What is 12+19
Compare:
|-4| and |4|
They are the same
Both = 4
How is subtracting a negative number linked to adding a positive number?
When a negative number is subtracting a negative number it is the same as a negative number adding a positive value.
Ex: -3 - (-4) = - 3 + 4
Fill in the blank:
When a _______ positive number subtracts a _______ positive number, the difference will be negative.
When a smaller positive number subtracts a larger positive number, the difference will be negative
True or false:
Negative numbers with a greater absolute value are smaller than negative numbers with a smaller absolute value.
True