Adding Negative Numbers

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What is the result of adding a positive number to another positive number?

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The result is always a positive number.

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What is the result of adding a positive number to a negative number?

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The result can be positive, negative, or zero, depending on the values of the numbers.

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What is the result of adding two negative numbers?

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The result is always a negative number.

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How do you add two negative numbers?

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Add their absolute values and keep the negative sign.

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What is the sum of 3 and -7?

Back

The sum is -4.

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What is the sum of 86 and -40?

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The sum is 46.

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What is the sum of 92 and -94?

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The sum is -2.

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What is the sum of -8 and -2?

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The sum is -10.

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What is the concept of absolute value in relation to negative numbers?

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Absolute value is the distance of a number from zero on the number line, always expressed as a positive value.

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What happens when you add zero to a negative number?

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The result is the same negative number.