Subtracting Integers

Front

What is subtracting a negative integer equivalent to?

Back

Adding the positive integer.

Front

7 - (-4) = ?

Back

11

Front

What is the result of subtracting a number from itself?

Back

0.

Front

-7 - (-7) = ?

Back

0

Front

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

Back

The result is more negative.

Front

-1 - 5 = ?

Back

-6

Front

What does subtracting a negative integer do to a number?

Back

It increases the number.

Front

-4 - (-9) = ?

Back

5

Front

19 - (-19) = ?

Back

38

Front

What is the rule for subtracting integers?

Back

If the signs are the same, subtract and keep the sign; if different, subtract and take the sign of the larger absolute value.