Help in decision making for adding and subtracting +/- Integers
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Is your problem an addition (+) or subtracting (-) problem?
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Addition (+)
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Are the signs the same?
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YES
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Add and keep the same sign
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NO
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Subtraction (-)
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Subtract and take the sign of the larger number.
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Keep 1st number, Change operation, Change sign of 2nd number.
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Are the signs the same?
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YES
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Add and keep the same sign.
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NO
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Subtract and take the sign of the larger number.
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+/- Integers
