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Naddika [18.5K]
3 years ago
12

Hannah was adding 5 plus -4. When explaining her work she said that the sum is 9 because you add the numbers and take the sign o

f the larger number. In complete sentences explain what Hannah got wrong. What should the correct answer be?
Mathematics
1 answer:
Scilla [17]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

The sum is 1

Step-by-step explanation:

When you add a negative number to a positive number, it is basically just subtracting the negative from the positive. To make it simple, 5 + -4 is just 5 - 4.

Hannah was wrong in saying you take the sign of the larger number because it would not matter if the first number was a million, the signs don't change based on the size of numbers.

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