Adding or subtracting Intagers

a) 5 + 11= 16

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b) -5 + (-11) = -16

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c) -5 – (-11) = 6

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d) 5 – 11 = -6

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e) 5 – (-11) = 16

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f) -5 – 11 = -16

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g) -5 + 11 = 6

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A and E, B and d, C and G are equivalent.  These equations have the same answers because  they were different too begin with, the zeros were added which made the answers the same.

This activity helped me understand integers a lot more, and figure out how they wor