Gerry's copy of Arithmetic with Negative Numbers

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Question 1

Find the value of the following:

a)

$(\var{a}) + (\var{b})$

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b)

$\var{d} \times (\var{c})$

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c)

$(\var{b}) \times (\var{c})$

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d)

$\var{f} \div 5$

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e)

$\dfrac{\var{c}}{-5}$ .

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Advice

Recall that, for instance, adding $-3$ is the same as subtracting $3$ and that $-3 \times -4 = 12$

See the following pages for further examples and some explanations of why this makes sense.

http://www.mathsisfun.com/positive-negative-integers.html

http://www.mathsisfun.com/multiplying-negatives.html

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Gerry's copy of Arithmetic with Negative Numbers

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