Which of these statements is true when you add a positive, nonzero integer and a negative, nonzero integer?
A)The answer may be positive or negative.
B)The answer is always negative.
C)The answer is always zero.
D)The answer is always positive.
Kabe is right.
http://www.mathsisfun.com/positive-negative-integers.html
Thanks but I still don't understand...what if when add two negative, nonzero integers? still "maybe be positive or negative"?
Two negative integers will also add up to a negative sum.
Study the website I posted.
I am going to practice more from the link, thank you Ms.Sue :)
You're welcome, Lauren.
To determine which of these statements is true when adding a positive, nonzero integer and a negative, nonzero integer, we can follow the rules of addition for positive and negative numbers.
When adding a positive integer and a negative integer, we can think of it as subtracting the absolute value of the negative integer from the positive integer.
For example, if we have 4 + (-2), we can rewrite it as 4 - 2, which equals 2.
Now, let's analyze the statements:
A) The answer may be positive or negative.
This statement is true. Depending on the values of the positive and negative integers, the sum can be positive or negative. For example, 4 + (-2) equals 2, which is positive, whereas 3 + (-5) equals -2, which is negative.
B) The answer is always negative.
This statement is not true. As explained in the previous example, the answer can be either positive or negative.
C) The answer is always zero.
This statement is not true. Adding a positive integer and a negative integer will rarely result in zero, except when the two numbers are additive inverses of each other (their sum is zero).
D) The answer is always positive.
This statement is not true. As shown in the first example, the answer can be positive or negative.
Therefore, the correct answer is A) The answer may be positive or negative.