Real math help.
What are the Rules for Using Absolute Values to Add Integers?
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When you're combining numbers, there are some helpful rules to make that process a little easier. This tutorial shows you the rules for using absolute values to combine integers with the same sign or with opposite signs. Take a look!
Background Tutorials
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Working with Integers
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What's an Integer?
There are lots of different kinds of numbers that you'll come across in algebra, and a lot of these kinds of numbers are related to each other. Before you learn how they are related, you've got to learn about them separately, and in this tutorial you'll how to define integers :)
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Adding Integers
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How Do You Add a Negative Number to a Positive Number?
How do you combine a positive and a negative number? This tutorial shows you how. You even get to see it explained with a number line!
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How Do You Add Two Negative Numbers?
Adding two negative numbers together? Just add the absolute value of each number together, put a negative sign in front, and you have your answer! See how it's done in this tutorial.
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Further Exploration
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Subtracting Integers
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How Do You Subtract a Positive Number from a Negative Number?
Subtracting a positive from a negative? Just remember: subtracting a positive is the same as adding a negative. See how it works in this tutorial!
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How Do You Subtract a Negative Number from a Positive Number?
Subtracting a negative from a positive? Just remember: subtracting a negative is the same as adding a positive. See how it works in this tutorial!
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