Adding and Subtracting Integers

What is the rule for adding integers with different signs?

• Add absolute values and use the same sign.

• Subtract the lesser absolute value from the greater absolute value and use the sign of the greater absolute value.

• Add the numbers and always use a positive sign.

• Subtract the numbers and always use a negative sign.

What does the absolute value of a number represent?

• Its value when multiplied by -1.

• Its distance from zero on a number line.

• Its opposite sign.

• Its value rounded to the nearest whole number.

What is the sum of 12 + (-7)?

• -5

• 5

• -19

• 19

How do you add integers that have the same sign?

• Subtract their absolute values and use the sign of the greater absolute value.

• Add their absolute values and use the same sign.

• Always result in a positive number.

• Always result in a negative number.

What is the sum of -12 and -5?

• -17

• -7

• 7

• 17

What is the sum of 15 and -8?

• -23

• -7

• 7

• 23

How is 7 - (-4) rewritten using the "add the opposite" rule?

• 7 + 4

• 7 - 4

• -7 + 4

• -7 - 4

What is the result of -10 - 6?

• -16

• -4

• 4

• 16