What is 8 take away 24?

Answer 1

8 - 24 = -16

Think of the Number Line

-18,-17,-16,-15,-14-13-,12,-11,-1,-9,-8,-7,-6,-5,-4,-3,-2,-1,01,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

We start at '8'. The guide says move to the left for subtraction/take away/minus. So we move '24' places to the left, we will end up on '-16'.

Hence 8 -24 = -16

NB the number line can be extended to positive infinity to the right and negative infinity to the left.

Hope that helps!!!!