How Do You Add a Negative Number to a Positive Number?

How Do You Add a Negative Number to a Positive Number?

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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!

Keywords:

  • problem
  • skill
  • add
  • add positive and negative
  • positive
  • negative
  • number line

Background Tutorials

  • Rational Numbers and the Number Line

      • What is the Number Line?What is the Number Line?

      What is the Number Line?

      A number line is a way we can visually represent numbers. This tutorial gives you a great introduction to the number line and shows you how to graph numbers on the number line in order to compare them. Check it out!

Further Exploration

  • Adding Integers

      • How Do You Add Two Negative Numbers?How Do You Add Two Negative Numbers?

      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.