The sum will take on the sign of whatever number is greater, regardless of sign.
-36 + 43 will be positive.
36 + -43 will be negative.
Chat with our AI personalities
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.
-You must memorize -To add 2 integers with different signs, find the difference of their absolute value -To subtract an integer, add it's opposite
signs are different.... Find the difference.... KEEP THE LARGER SIGN signs are the same... COMBINE AND KEEP THE SIGN
You find their difference. The answer has the sign of the number with the larger absolute value.
-- Ignore the signs for a moment. -- Find the difference of the two integers. -- Give it the sign of whichever integer is the bigger number.