Understanding Positive and Negative Numbers

The video tutorial provides practice in adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers. It uses number lines to solve equations like 4 = -8 - blank and -4 = blank - 9, explaining concepts such as subtracting a negative number.

What is the result of subtracting a negative number from another negative number?

• It remains a negative number

• It becomes a larger negative number

• It becomes zero

• It becomes a positive number

If you start at -8 on a number line and move 12 spaces to the right, where do you end up?

• At 4

• At 0

• At 12

• At -4

What operation is equivalent to subtracting a negative number?

• Multiplying by a negative number

• Adding a negative number

• Adding a positive number

• Subtracting a positive number

If you add 2 to a number and end up at -7, what was the original number?

• -5

• -9

• -7

• -10

What is the equivalent of subtracting -2 from a number?

• Subtracting 2

• Adding 2

• Multiplying by 2

• Dividing by 2

If you subtract a negative number from a positive number, what happens?

• The result is always negative

• The result is always positive

• The result is zero

• The result is the same as adding the two numbers

If you start at -9 and add 2, where do you end up on the number line?

• -7

• -9

• -11

• -5

What is the result of subtracting 9 from 5?

• 4

• -4

• 5

• -5

If you start at 5 and move 9 spaces to the left on a number line, where do you end up?

• -5

• 0

• -4

• -9

What is the result of subtracting 9 from a number to get -4?

• The original number was 5

• The original number was -5

• The original number was 4

• The original number was -4