This flowchart will help you determine what the sign of the answer to an addition or subtraction problem involving integers will be.
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Add the numbers together, the sign will be positive.
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YES
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Are both signs positive?
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NO
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Are both signs negative?
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YES
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Add the numbers together, the sign will be negative.
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NO
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Go back to the first block, you've misread the signs!
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Is 1 sign positive and the other sign negative?
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Is the larger number positive?
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YES
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Subtract the numbers, the sign will be negative.
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Subtract the numbers, the sign will be positive.
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ADDING OR SUBTRACTING INTEGERS
