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2 Negative Numbers
You can add, subtract, multiply and divide with negative numbers too, but there are few things
that might catch you out if you’re not careful. Be sure to keep track of all those minus signs...
Example 1
Exercise 1
Q1 Work out the following.
a) –4 + 3 b) –1 + 5 c) –2 + 1
d) 6 – 17 e) –13 + 18 f) 11 – 19
Q3 Copy the following calculations and fill in the blanks to make the equations correct.
a) –3 + = –1 b) 5 – = –10 c) +7=4 d) – 2 = –6