Unit 1: Task 8 - IV: Adding Negative Numbers

What do we call the following

• -12 + (-12) = 0

(a)  

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1B

Find the solution to the following:

-5.5 + (3.5) =

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

If p and q are integers:

 

Explain when p + q is positive.

 

Explain when p + q is negative.

 

Explain when p + q is neither positive nor negative.

Answer explanation

p + q is positive when both are positive.

p + q is positive when one is greater positive then other.

p + q is negative both are negative or when one is more negative.

p + q is neither positive nor negative when p equals q.

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C