Adding Integers

Front

What is the result of adding two negative integers?

Back

The result is always a negative integer. For example, -14 + (-3) = -17.

Front

What is the sum of -9 and -5?

Back

-9 + (-5) = -14.

Front

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

Back

The result depends on the absolute values. For example, 3 + (-7) = -4.

Front

What is the sum of 7 and -3?

Back

7 + (-3) = 4.

Front

What is the result of -5 + 9?

Back

-5 + 9 = 4.

Front

Define 'integer'.

Back

An integer is a whole number that can be positive, negative, or zero.

Front

What is the absolute value of a number?

Back

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

Front

How do you add two integers with different signs?

Back

Subtract the absolute values and take the sign of the integer with the larger absolute value. For example, -5 + 9 = 4.

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What is the sum of two positive integers?

Back

The sum is always a positive integer. For example, 5 + 3 = 8.

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What is the result of adding zero to an integer?

Back

The result is the integer itself. For example, 5 + 0 = 5.