Objectives

Thestudentwillbeableto:
1.Statethecoordinateofapointonanumberline.
2.Graphintegersonanumberline.
3.Addandsubtractintegers.
SOL:none

Varina High School

Designed by Skip Tyler,

TheNumberLine
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Integers={,2,1,0,1,2,}
WholeNumbers={0,1,2,}
NaturalNumbers={1,2,3,}

ToGRAPH
asetofnumbersmeanstolocateand
markthepointsonthenumberline.
Graph{1,0,2}.
5

Besuretoputthedotsontheline
notaboveorbelow.

Namethesetofnumbersgraphed.
5

0 5

{2,1,0,...}
Thedarkenedarrowmeansthatthegraph
keepsongoing.Whenyouseethis,put3
dotsinyourset.

Examples:Usethenumberlineif
necessary.
5

1) (-4) + 8 =

4
2)(1)+(3)=
4
3)5+(7)=
2

AdditionRule

1)Whenthesignsarethesame,
ADDandkeepthesign.
(2)+(4)=6

2)Whenthesignsaredifferent,
SUBTRACTandusethesignofthelarger
number.
(2)+4=2
2+(4)=2

KaraokeTime!

AdditionRule:Sungtothetuneof
Row,row,row,yourboat
Samesignsaddandkeep,
differentsignssubtract,
keepthesignofthehighernumber,
thenitwillbeexact!
Canyourclassdodifferentrounds?

1+3=?
1.
2.
3.
4.

4
2
2
4
Answer Now

6+(3)=?
1.
2.
3.
4.

9
3
3
9
Answer Now

Theadditiveinverses(oropposites)
oftwonumbersaddtoequalzero.
Example: The additive inverse of 3 is
3
Proof:3+(3)=0
Wewillusetheadditiveinversesfor
subtractionproblems.

Whatsthedifferencebetween
73and7+(3)?
73=4and7+(3)=4
Theonlydifferenceisthat73isa
subtractionproblemand7+(3)isan
additionproblem.
SUBTRACTINGISTHESAMEAS
ADDINGTHEOPPOSITE.
(Keepchangechange)

Whensubtracting,changethesubtractionto
addingtheopposite(keepchangechange)
andthenfollowyouradditionrule.
Example#1:

4(7)
4+(+7)
Diff.Signs>Subtractanduselargersign.
3
Example#2:
37
3+(7)
SameSigns>Addandkeepthesign.
10

Okay, heres one with a variable!

Example #3: 11b - (-2b)
11b+(+2b)
SameSigns>Addandkeepthesign.
13b

1.
2.
3.
4.

Whichisequivalentto
12(3)?
12+3
12+3
123
123
Answer Now

7(2)=?
1.
2.
3.
4.

9
5
5
9
Answer Now

Review
1)Iftheproblemisaddition,follow
youradditionrule.
2)Iftheproblemissubtraction,change
subtractiontoaddingtheopposite
(keepchangechange)andthenfollow
theadditionrule.

Absolute Value
ofanumberisthedistancefrom
zero.
DistancecanNEVERbenegative!
Thesymbolis|a|,whereaisany
number.

Examples
7 = 7
10 = 10
100 = 100
58 = 3 =3

|7||2|=?
1.
2.
3.
4.

9
5
5
9
Answer Now

|4(3)|=?
1.
2.
3.
4.

1
1
7
Purple
Answer Now