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    Adding and subtracting positives and negatives involves changing minus signs to plus signs followed by the negative number. For subtraction of a negative number, change the minus sign to a plus sign. Using a number line can help visualize that a negative moves left and a positive moves right. For example, with -3 + 6, change the subtraction to addition with negatives and see on a number line that moving left 3 units from 0 and then right 6 units ends at 3.

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    Adding and subtracting positives and negatives involves changing minus signs to plus signs followed by the negative number. For subtraction of a negative number, change the minus sign to a plus sign. Using a number line can help visualize that a negative moves left and a positive moves right. For example, with -3 + 6, change the subtraction to addition with negatives and see on a number line that moving left 3 units from 0 and then right 6 units ends at 3.

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    Negative, Change It To Plus A Positive. Note The Following Examples

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    Adding and subtracting positives and negatives involves changing minus signs to plus signs followed by the negative number. For subtraction of a negative number, change the minus sign to a plus sign. Using a number line can help visualize that a negative moves left and a positive moves right. For example, with -3 + 6, change the subtraction to addition with negatives and see on a number line that moving left 3 units from 0 and then right 6 units ends at 3.

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    Positives & Negatives - Addition & Subtraction

    I. When adding and subtracting positives and negatives, if you have a minus
    sign in the problem, change it to plus a negative. If you have a minus a
    negative, change it to plus a positive. Note the following examples:

    A. 5 - 7 can be changed to 5 + -7

    B. 5 - (-7) can be changed to 5 + (+7)

    II. Once these changes have been made, use a number line to help you visualize
    what’s going on in the problem. Remember that a negative represents a
    move to the left on the number line, and a positive represents a move to
    the right. So for the problem -3 + 6, for instance, use the following
    technique:

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