Adding and Subtracting Integers

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What is the result of subtracting a negative integer from a positive integer?

Back

When you subtract a negative integer from a positive integer, it is equivalent to adding the absolute value of that negative integer to the positive integer.

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How do you represent a number below sea level in integer form?

Back

A number below sea level is represented as a negative integer.

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What is the result of adding two negative integers?

Back

The result of adding two negative integers is a negative integer that is further from zero.

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How do you calculate the difference between two temperatures when one is below zero?

Back

To calculate the difference, subtract the higher temperature from the lower temperature, considering their absolute values.

Front

What is the sum of -22, -3, and 10?

Back

The sum is -15.

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What is the result of -7 - 2?

Back

The result is -9.

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How do you add integers with different signs?

Back

To add 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.

Front

What does it mean when a temperature is described as '9 degrees below zero'?

Back

It means the temperature is -9 degrees.

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If a diver descends to a depth of 40 feet and then swims up 10 feet, what is her new depth?

Back

Her new depth is -30 feet (40 - 10 = 30 feet below sea level).

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What is the result of 232 - (-84)?

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The result is 316.