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When you add:
a negative and a negative: you get a negative
a positive and a positive: you get a positive
a positive and a negative or a negative and a positive: Subtract the addend with the smaller value from the greater one. If the greater one is positive, your answer will be positive. If the greater addend is negative, your answer will be negative.
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What are the rules for adding integers if the signs are the same?
The answer also has the same sign.
What is the rule for adding a positive and negative integers?
Adding Integers To add integers, one must consider the following two rules to be a successful. If you want to think of it on the number line you start from 0 and when you add a positive number you...
What are the rules in adding integers with unlike signs?
For each pair of such integers, find the difference between the absolute values of the two integers and allocate the sign of the bigger number to it.
Is adding different integers the same as adding integers?
Yes.
What are the rules in adding integers with like signs?
With both positive it's positive, with both negative it's negative.
