Understanding Addition of Negative Integers

Understanding Addition of Negative Integers

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics

5th - 8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Amelia Wright

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The video tutorial explains how to add two negative integers, -60 and -32, using formal rules and a number line. It covers the process of finding absolute values, summing them, and determining the sign of the result. The tutorial also demonstrates the addition on a number line, showing the movement from zero to the final sum of -92.

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6 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the first step in adding two negative integers?

Multiply their absolute values

Add their absolute values

Subtract their absolute values

Divide their absolute values

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the common sign of the sum when adding two negative integers?

Zero

It depends on the integers

Negative

Positive

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the absolute value of negative sixty?

Thirty-two

Sixty

Zero

Negative sixty

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

After finding the absolute values, what is the next step in finding the sum of two negative integers?

Subtract the smaller absolute value from the larger one

Add the absolute values and apply the common sign

Multiply the absolute values

Ignore the absolute values

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

On a number line, how do you represent adding a negative integer?

Move upwards

Stay at the same position

Move to the left

Move to the right

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the final sum of negative sixty and negative thirty-two?

Zero

Negative ninety-two

Positive ninety-two

Negative thirty-two