Math 9 – Adding and Subtracting Integers

a)

b)

c)

d)

e)

f)

g)

1.Explain which statements are equivalent and why.

• b), c) and f)
• a) and e)
• d) and g)
• These were equivalent because they equalled the same number.

 

2. What did you learn?

• I learned that I didn’t know as much as I thought on Integers and that there is an easier way at figuring it out.

3. What do students need to know about adding and subtracting integers?

• I’d tell them to be sure with their answers because many times I would accidentally subtract or add the wrong way down the integer line.