Adding Integers

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What is the result of adding two negative integers, for example, -22 + (-9)?

Back

The result is a more negative integer, which in this case is -31.

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What is the sum of -22 and -24?

Back

The sum is -46.

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How do you add two negative integers, such as -7 and -5?

Back

You add their absolute values and keep the negative sign, resulting in -12.

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What is the result of adding a negative integer and a positive integer, for example, -3 + 2?

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The result is -1, as the positive integer is smaller than the absolute value of the negative integer.

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What is the sum of 8 and -8?

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The sum is 0, as they are equal in magnitude but opposite in sign.

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What is the rule for adding integers with the same sign?

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When adding integers with the same sign, add their absolute values and keep the common sign.

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What is the rule for adding integers with different signs?

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When adding integers with different signs, subtract the smaller absolute value from the larger absolute value and take the sign of the integer with the larger absolute value.

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What is the absolute value of a number?

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The absolute value of a number is its distance from zero on the number line, regardless of direction.

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How do you represent the addition of two negative integers on a number line?

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You start at zero and move left for each negative integer, resulting in a position further left on the number line.

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What happens to the sum when you add two positive integers?

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The sum is always a positive integer.