Vocabulary
What is the answer to a subtraction problem called?
The difference
2 - (-3)
5
3 times n would be written as ____.
3n
5 + (-2)
3
16 / (-4)
-4
The opposite operation to division
Multiplication
-8 - (+3)
-11
(-5)(6)
-30
-17 + (-3)
-20
40 / (-5)
-8
The answer to a division problem
Quotient
-5 - (-6)
1
(3)(5)
15
-19 + 7
-12
(-8) / (-4)
2
The sum is the answer to a ___________ problem.
Addition
5 - (+4)
1
(-5)(-9)
45
-6 + 4
2
Dividing a negative by a negative will be ___________.
Positive
Absolute Value
Subtracting a positive from a negative makes the result more negative, so you move to the ______ on a number line.
left
Would the answer be positive or negative? How do you know?
(-18)(-5)
Positive because you are multiplying a negative by another negative.
Adding a positive to a negative makes the result less negative (more positive), so you move to the ______ on a number line.
Would the quotient be positive or negative?
2134 / (-4)
Negative