Exploring Integer Addition with Counters

What color counters represent positive integers?

• Yellow

• Red

• Blue

• Green

What is the result of adding 3 yellow counters and 2 yellow counters?

• 3 yellow counters

• 5 yellow counters

• 1 yellow counter

• 5 red counters

What does -3 + -4 equal when using red counters?

• -7

• -1

• 7

• 1

What is the outcome when adding -3 and -4?

• 7

• 1

• -1

• -7

What happens when you add 3 yellow counters and 2 red counters?

• No counters left

• 1 yellow counter

• 5 yellow counters

• 1 red counter

What are zero pairs?

• Pairs that add up to zero

• Pairs of the same color

• Pairs that add up to ten

• Pairs of different shapes

How many red counters represent -10?

• 5

• 7

• 3

• 10

What is the result of -10 + 3 using counters?

• 3

• -13

• 7

• -7

How do zero pairs affect the counter total?

• Cancel each other out

• No effect

• Decrease the total

• Increase the total

What does the combination of 10 red counters and 3 yellow counters result in?

• 3 yellow counters

• 7 red counters

• 13 red counters

• 10 yellow counters