If you're adding a positive amount, keep the + sign; if you're adding a negative amount, multiply the + and - signs to convert it into a subtraction.
Example: 4 + (-5) = 4 (+*-) 5 = 4 - 5 = -1
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Adding integers, if they have the same sign, add their absolute values and keep the same sign. Subtracting, change the sign of the 2nd number and the add using rules of addition. Multiplying and dividing, Divide the absolute values, if the signs are the same the answer is positive, if the signs are different the answer is negative.
If you mean integers, well if you have two integers of the same sign that you are adding, add and the sign stays the same. If you have different signs, subtract and keep the sign of the one that has more. Regular numbers you just add them.
-- write the difference between the integers without regard to their signs -- give the difference the same sign as the larger of the two integers
If it is two negative numbers then you add: ex: -7 + -5 = -12 If it is two different signs, then you subtract: ex: -8 + 2 = -6 Can you see which one is the larger absolute value? 8 is larger than 2 so it is negative.
1 and -26 is one possible answer.