Add integers (Different sign)

Front

What is the rule for adding integers with different signs?

Back

Subtract the absolute values and keep the sign of the larger absolute value.

Front

What is the result of -8 + 20?

Back

12

Front

What is the result of 7 + (-14)?

Back

-7

Front

What is the sum of 50 + (-50)?

Back

Zero.

Front

How do you represent a scuba diver diving down 25 feet and then swimming up 11 feet mathematically?

Back

-25 + 11 = -14.

Front

What is the absolute value of a number?

Back

The distance of that number from zero on the number line, regardless of its sign.

Front

When adding a positive integer and a negative integer, what should you do first?

Back

Find the absolute values of both integers.

Front

If the absolute value of the negative integer is greater than the positive integer, what will the sum be?

Back

The sum will be negative.

Front

If the absolute value of the positive integer is greater than the negative integer, what will the sum be?

Back

The sum will be positive.

Front

What is the sum of two negative integers?

Back

The sum is negative.