Subtracting Integers

Front

What is subtracting a negative integer equivalent to?

Back

Adding the positive integer.

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Front

7 - (-4) = ?

Back

11

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Front

What is the result of subtracting a number from itself?

Back

0.

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CCSS.1.OA.B.3

Front

-7 - (-7) = ?

Back

0

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Front

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

Back

The result is more negative.

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Front

-1 - 5 = ?

Back

-6

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Front

What does subtracting a negative integer do to a number?

Back

It increases the number.

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1B

Front

-4 - (-9) = ?

Back

5

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Front

19 - (-19) = ?

Back

38

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

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.

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C