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Rules for Operations with Integers

The integers include whole numbers that can be negative, positive, or zero. Integers follow specific rules for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. For addition and subtraction, integers with the same sign are added while integers with different signs are subtracted. For multiplication and division, integers with the same sign yield a positive result while integers with different signs yield a negative result.

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Rules for Operations with Integers

The integers include whole numbers that can be negative, positive, or zero. Integers follow specific rules for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. For addition and subtraction, integers with the same sign are added while integers with different signs are subtracted. For multiplication and division, integers with the same sign yield a positive result while integers with different signs yield a negative result.

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INTEGERS

The integers are whole numbers which include negative numbers also. That is, an integer can be
negative (-1, -2, -3, -4….), positive (1, 2, 3, 4….) or zero (0).

Integers can be called as signed whole numbers. If no sign is in front of the whole number it is
considered positive by default.

Higher is the negative integer lesser is its value. For example, -6 is less than -2, -7 is less than 3.

THE NUMBER LINE AND COMPARING INTEGERS

RULES OF INTEGERS
Operations on integers follow certain rules given below.

Addition Rules:
Same signs: If the two integers to be added have the same sign, we add the integers and keep
the same sign for the sum.

6 + 8 = 14
(-4) + (-9) = -13
Different signs: If the integers to be added have the different signs, we subtract the integers and
use the sign of greater integer

-15 + 6 = -9
18 + (-4) = 14

Subtraction Rules:
Subtraction can be understood as addition of the opposite. While subtracting two integers, sign
of second integer is changed and added to first integer following the rules of addition of integers

-14 – (-17) = -14 + 17 = 3

In the above example, – changes to + and -17 changes to 17.

-14 – 17 = -14 + (-17) = -23

In the above example, – changes to + and 17 changes to -17.

Multiplication and Division Rules

Same signs: If both the integers have same sign the answer of multiplication or division is positive.

54 ÷ 6 = 9 -54 ÷ (-6) = 9
8 × 4 = 32 – 8 × (-4) = 32

Different signs: If the integers have different signs the answer of multiplication or division is negative.

-4 × 3 = -12 4 × (-3) = -12


-24 ÷ 6 = -4 24 ÷ (-6) = -4

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