What is the rule for subtracting a rational number?

Subtracting a rational number is the same as adding its opposite.

Subtracting a rational number is the same as subtracting its opposite.

Subtracting a rational number is the same as multiplying by its opposite.

Subtracting a rational number is the same as dividing by its opposite.

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Adding And Subtracting Rational Numbers

Adding and Subtracting Rational Numbers

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Mathematics

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6th - 8th Grade

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CCSS

7.NS.A.1C, 7.NS.A.1B, 6.NS.B.3

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Jean Wanamaker

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SLIDE QUESTION

30 sec • Ungraded

MATH RESPONSE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Subtract.
$10-\left(-2.6\right)$

$12.6$

Mathematical Equivalence

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Add. Write in simplest form.
$\frac{7}{10}+\left(-\frac{3}{5}\right)$

$\frac{10}{15}$

$-\frac{1}{10}$

$\frac{1}{10}$

$\frac{13}{10}$

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

$3.6+\left(-2.4\right)$

(a)

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

$-8.2+9.1$

(a)

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Add. Write in simplest form.
$\frac{5}{6}+\frac{-8}{6}$

$\frac{3}{6}$

$\frac{13}{12}$

$-\frac{3}{6}$

$2\frac{1}{6}$

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Subtract. Write the fractions in simplest form.
$\frac{3}{4}-\frac{9}{4}$

$\frac{6}{4}$

$-\frac{6}{4}$

$-1\frac{2}{4}$

$-1\frac{1}{2}$

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Subtract. Write the fractions in simplest form.
$-\frac{1}{5}-\left(-\frac{5}{11}\right)$

$-\frac{6}{55}$

$-\frac{36}{55}$

$\frac{14}{55}$

$\frac{36}{55}$

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

$-7-3.2$

(a)

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

10.

FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

$-4.125-\left(-2.8\right)$

(a)

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

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Adding and Subtracting Rational Numbers

25 questions

Subtract. 10−(−2.6)10-\left(-2.6\right)10−(−2.6)

Add. Write in simplest form. 710+(−35)\frac{7}{10}+\left(-\frac{3}{5}\right)107​+(−53​)

3.6+(−2.4)3.6+\left(-2.4\right)3.6+(−2.4) (a)

−8.2+9.1-8.2+9.1−8.2+9.1 (a)

Add. Write in simplest form. 56+−86\frac{5}{6}+\frac{-8}{6}65​+6−8​

Subtract. Write the fractions in simplest form. 34−94\frac{3}{4}-\frac{9}{4}43​−49​

Subtract. Write the fractions in simplest form. −15−(−511)-\frac{1}{5}-\left(-\frac{5}{11}\right)−51​−(−115​)

−7−3.2-7-3.2−7−3.2 (a)

−4.125−(−2.8)-4.125-\left(-2.8\right)−4.125−(−2.8) (a)

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Subtract.
$10-\left(-2.6\right)$

Add. Write in simplest form.
$\frac{7}{10}+\left(-\frac{3}{5}\right)$

$3.6+\left(-2.4\right)$

(a)

$-8.2+9.1$

(a)

Add. Write in simplest form.
$\frac{5}{6}+\frac{-8}{6}$

Subtract. Write the fractions in simplest form.
$\frac{3}{4}-\frac{9}{4}$

Subtract. Write the fractions in simplest form.
$-\frac{1}{5}-\left(-\frac{5}{11}\right)$

$-7-3.2$

(a)

$-4.125-\left(-2.8\right)$

(a)