Question

Describe how to find the sums -4 + 2 and -4 + ( -2 ) on a number line

Answer 1

For the first one, you go from -4 on the number line and move 2 spaces to the right to get -2. For the second one, you start at -4 again and then you move to the left 2 spaces since your subtracting.

Explanation:

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