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 Addition & Subtraction

– This lesson explains how to add and subtract negative numbers.

Problem: You want to buy a house that costs $100,000. You only have $5,000. If you buy the house, what
will your debt be?

5,000
– - 100,000
– -95,000

– If you spend more money than you have, you go into debt. Debt is a good example of working
with negative integers.
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Negative numbers are like a debt.
Positive numbers move to the right on the number line.
Negative numbers move to the left on the number line.

If you have 8 dollars, and then you get 2 dollars, you have 10 dollars.
 8 + 2 = 10
-10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

If you have 8 dollars, and then you lose 2 dollars, you have only 6 dollars.
 8-2=6

-10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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If you are 8 dollars in debt, and then you get 2 dollars, you are only 6 dollars in debt.
 -8 + 2 = -6

-10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

If you are 8 dollars in debt, and then you lose another 2 dollars, you are 10 dollars in debt.
 -8 - 2 = -10

-10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Use these hints to help work problems.

If both numbers are negative, add the numbers, then make the answer negative.
-8 – 2  -(8 + 2) = -10

When one sign is positive and one sign is negative, subtract the
numbers and take the sign of the larger.
8 – 2 = 6 (“8” is positive, so the answer is positive)
2 – 8 = -6 (think “8-2” and take the sign of the larger number, “8”)

Examples: Try using this chart:

++  9 + 2 = 11
--  -9 – 2 = -11 Integer Addition/Subtraction
+-  9 – 2 = 7 ++  Add
--  Add
-+  -9 + 2 = -7 +-  Subtract
-+  Subtract
Always use the sign of the largest
number for the sign of the answer
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Try it yourself
– 3+6=9 -3 – 6 = -9 3 – 6 = -3 -3 + 6 = 3

– 4+7= -4 – 7 = 4–7= -4 + 7 =

– 7+4= -7 – 4 = 7–4= -7 + 4 =

– 5+1= -5 – 1 = 5–1= -5 + 1 =

– 10 + 20 = -10 – 20 = 10 – 20 = -10 + 20 =