Integer Operations and Their Rules

Front

What do you get when you add opposites?

Back

0

Front

How do you represent a temperature starting at -12 degrees, rising 14 degrees, and then falling 5 degrees?

Back

-12 + 14 + (-5)

Front

What is -7 + 5?

Back

-2

Front

What is -5 + (-3)?

Back

-8

Front

What is 3 + 4?

Back

7

Front

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

Back

The result depends on the absolute values; if the positive number is larger, the result is positive, otherwise it's negative.

Front

What is the rule for adding two negative integers?

Back

The sum is negative and is the sum of their absolute values.

Front

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

Back

You add the absolute value of the negative integer to the positive integer.

Front

What is the result of multiplying two negative integers?

Back

The product is positive.

Front

What is the result of multiplying a positive integer by a negative integer?

Back

The product is negative.