find the sum
2007-04-05 14:44:43 · 13 answers · asked by lisa h 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
-5 + 3 = -2
u take the sign of the greatest number and find the difference between the two numbers
I hope that helps
2007-04-05 14:57:02 · answer #1 · answered by M. Abuhelwa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
-5+3=-2
2007-04-05 15:51:20 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
-5 + 3 = -2
2007-04-05 14:47:36 · answer #3 · answered by mafiachief 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
-2
2007-04-05 18:55:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
-2
2007-04-05 15:24:56 · answer #5 · answered by afmooseluvrx3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
-2
2007-04-05 14:53:27 · answer #6 · answered by Turelie02 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
-2
2007-04-05 14:51:27 · answer #7 · answered by TheApocalypticOrgasm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You must be quite new to integers. Here some strategies to help you out.
1) Think of - numbers as cold and + numbers as hot.
You have a pail of cold water (-5) and you add hot water (+3). Your final result is water that is not as cold as before (-2).
If you don't like thinking of it in those terms there is another way of looking at it.
2) A positive together with a negative cancel each other out: +1 and -1 =0, -3 and +3 together cancel to 0
You have 5 negatives and 3 positives
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The first few cancel out to zero - what you have left is 2 negatives or -2
-5 + 3 = -2
2007-04-05 14:48:16 · answer #8 · answered by Critters 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
-2
2007-04-05 14:51:02 · answer #9 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
-2
2007-04-05 14:47:52 · answer #10 · answered by ♥ i love you babe forever♥ 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
-2
2007-04-05 14:47:51 · answer #11 · answered by fireflyspace23 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋