Adding and Subtracting Integers on a Number Line

What does the positive direction on the number line represent?

• Anger

• Neutrality

• Happiness

• Sadness

Adding two positive integers moves us in which direction on the number line?

• Backwards

• No movement

• Positive

• Negative

Which example correctly shows adding two positive integers?

• -3 + (+2) = -1

• -3 + (-2) = -5

• +3 + (+2) = +5

• +3 + (-2) = +1

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

• A smaller positive integer

• No change

• A negative integer

• A larger positive integer

What is the effect of adding negative integers to our lives, as per the analogy?

• Makes us excited

• Makes us sadder

• No effect

• Makes us happier

Subtracting a positive integer from another positive integer results in what?

• Jumping to the negative side

• A move towards happiness

• A move towards sadness

• Staying in the same place

Subtracting positives is analogous to what in real life?

• Losing something good

• Gaining something bad

• Gaining something good

• Losing something bad

What happens when you subtract a negative integer from a positive integer?

• You move towards the negative

• You jump to zero

• You stay in the same place

• You move towards the positive

What does subtracting a negative integer symbolize?

• Adding a good thing

• Removing a bad thing

• Removing a good thing

• Adding a bad thing

Which of the following is a result of subtracting a negative from a positive integer?

• +3 - (-2) = +1

• +3 - (+2) = +1

• -3 - (-2) = -1

• +3 - (-2) = +5