Explain how to find the sum negative sixty-five plus positive forty-one using a number line, then give the answe
-65 + 41 = ?
I'll be glad to check your answer.
-24 ?
Right.
If you start at -65, move 41 numbers to the right, you'll arrive at -24.
To find the sum of negative sixty-five and positive forty-one using a number line, you can follow these steps:
1. Start by drawing a horizontal line, representing the number line.
- On the left side of the line, mark "0" to represent the origin.
2. Locate negative sixty-five on the number line.
- Move to the left of the origin by sixty-five units and mark that point.
- Label it as "-65".
3. Add positive forty-one on the number line.
- Starting from the point labeled "-65", move to the right by forty-one units.
- Mark that point and label it as "+41".
4. The sum is found by moving from negative sixty-five to positive forty-one.
- Starting from "-65", move to the right by forty-one units.
- The point where you end up on the number line represents the sum.
5. Locate the final point and read the value it represents.
- The final point should be at "-24" on the number line.
Therefore, the answer to the sum is -24.