Arithmetic Grade Five
Lesson Thirty-five: Adding Negative Numbers
Once we know whether an answer is positive, negative, or zero, we can find
the difference between the numbers. Here's an example using larger numbers.
We know the answer will be negative since -153 is further away from zero
than 132.
Here's another example:
We know the answer will be negative since the -579 is further away from zero
than 455.
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