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L1 Adding and Subtracting Rational Numbers
L1 Adding and Subtracting Rational Numbers
ADDITION RULES:
If the signs are the SAME:
ADD and KEEP the same sign.
If the signs are DIFFERENT:
SUBTRACT and take the sign of the number with the higher
ABSOLUTE VALUE.
Adding and Subtracting Rational Numbers
SUBTRACTION RULES:
Rewrite the problem as an addition problem by adding the
OPPOSITE of the 2nd number.
Follow addition rules.
Adding and subtracting rational numbers
DECIMAL RULES:
Line up the DECIMAL POINTS.
Add ZEROS to make numbers the same length.
Add or subtract.
Adding and subtracting rational numbers
FRACTION RULES:
Find a COMMON DENOMINATOR.
Add or subtract NUMERATORS. (Denominator stays the
same.)
SIMPLIFY the answer.
Find the sum or difference
5 8 + (−3 4)
5 8 + (−6 8)
Find the sum or difference
(−5 9) − (−3 5)
Find the sum or difference
1/2 − 6/7
Find the sum or difference
(−2.3) − (−1.4)
Class work:
-38f
15f
+_____
ex.
HW:
Orbit Integers:
Adding Positive and Negative Numbers