Evaluate the expression: -5.6 + 7 (Show all steps)
To evaluate the expression -5.6 + 7, follow these steps:
1. Identify the numbers you are working with:
- The first number is -5.6 (a negative number).
- The second number is 7 (a positive number).
2. Add the numbers together:
Since you are adding a negative number to a positive number, think of it as moving to the right from the negative number towards the positive side of a number line.
So you start at -5.6 and want to move 7 units to the right.
3. Perform the addition:
Starting at -5.6, if you add 7, you pass the zero point and continue until you've moved a total of 7 units. Since you're starting 5.6 units before zero, you would pass zero after moving 5.6 units and continue moving for another 1.4 units (since 7 - 5.6 = 1.4).
-5.6 (starting point)
+ 5.6 (moves you to 0)
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0 (you're now at zero)
+ 1.4 (continue moving beyond zero for the remainder of the 7 units)
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1.4 (final result)
Therefore, -5.6 + 7 equals 1.4.