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addition and subtract in integers
It is important to add and subtract integers: to get a new integer value in mathematics .
to subtract an integer, add its opposite or additive inverse.
Because otherwise you would only know how to subtract and add with the same integers. Not a particularly useful skill unless just those integers turned up!
negetive integers are not closed under addition but positive integers are.