Math Vocabulary
the opposite of a number, which when added to the original number will ALWAYS sum to zero.
What is Additive Inverse?
2 + 3
5
5-2
3
A positive + a positive equals
positive
-5 + (-2)
change to subtraction
-5 - (2)
A number and its additive inverse
-8 + 9
1
-5 - 3
-8
A negative + a positive
sometimes negative/sometimes positive
3 - 7
3 + (-7)
the distance of a number from zero. hint: its always positive
What is Absolute Value?
10 + (-5)
5
-15 - (-5)
- 10
Absolute value is always _____, never ______.
positive, negative.
-6 - (-8)
-6 + 8
To reduce to simplest form or solve
What is simplify?
22 + (-3)
19
-4
19 - (-14)
19 + 14
The set of numbers including 0 and positive and negative whole numbers
What are integers?
-14 + -18
-32
-22 - 20
-42
adding
-22 + 3
-22 - (-3)