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1.5 Adding and Subtracting Real Numbers

1) To add or subtract real numbers on a number line, start at zero, move to the first number, and then move right to add positive numbers or left to add negative numbers. To subtract, move in the opposite direction. 2) When adding real numbers without a number line, add the absolute values if the signs are the same or take the difference of the absolute values if the signs are different, using the sign of the number with the greater absolute value. 3) To subtract real numbers, add the opposite number and follow the rules for addition.

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1.5 Adding and Subtracting Real Numbers

1) To add or subtract real numbers on a number line, start at zero, move to the first number, and then move right to add positive numbers or left to add negative numbers. To subtract, move in the opposite direction. 2) When adding real numbers without a number line, add the absolute values if the signs are the same or take the difference of the absolute values if the signs are different, using the sign of the number with the greater absolute value. 3) To subtract real numbers, add the opposite number and follow the rules for addition.

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Notes for Lesson 1-5: Adding and Subtracting Real Numbers

1 - Adding and subtracting numbers on a number line

To add or subtract on a number line:


a) start at zero
b) move to the first number
c) if adding - move right to add a positive number and left to add a negative number
if subtracting - move left to subtract a positive number and right to subtract a negative number

Examples: Adding using a number line

3  6 −3+(−7) −9+ 2 5  (6)

x x
- - - - - 0 2 4 6 81 - - - - - 024681
x 18642 0 18642 0
- -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 1 x
10 0 0 - - - - - 0 2 4 6 81 0
18642 0
2 - Adding Real Numbers 0

Vocabulary:
Absolute Value - The distance from zero on a number line
Opposites - Two numbers the same distance from zero but in opposite directions
Additive Inverses - A number and its opposite

When adding real numbers without a number line:


If the 2 numbers have the same sign, add their absolute values and use the sign of the numbers

If the 2 numbers have different signs, find the difference of their absolute values and use the sign of the
number with the greater absolute value.

Examples: Add

−3 −5
−12+7 −18+(−2) −4.8+9.5 +( )
4 6

−16+(−8) −11+ 9 9+(−11) −6+(−2)

3 - Subtracting Real Numbers

When subtracting real numbers without a number line:


Add the opposite, then follow the rules for adding signed numbers.

Examples: Subtract

−8−(−13) 3.5−12.4 48−(−87) −3−5


4 - Application

A reef explorer dives 25 ft to photograph coral and then rises 16 ft to travel over a ridge before diving 47 ft to
survey the base of the coral. Then the diver rises 29 feet to see an underwater cavern. What is the location of
the cavern in relation to sea level?

0−25+16−47+ 29
0+ (−25 )+ 16+ (−47 ) +29
0+ ( 16+ 29 ) + (−47±25 )
0+ 45+(−72)
−27 ft

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