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    This document discusses negative numbers and operations involving them. It explains that a negative number is less than 0 and provides examples using temperatures and bank accounts. It then covers adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing negative numbers. Key rules are that two minus signs together equal a plus sign, and that the sign changes when multiplying or dividing numbers with two different signs. Several examples are worked through to demonstrate these rules. Practice problems are provided at the end.

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    ACK Business Mathematics - Fall 2019

    Negative Numbers
    A negative number is less than 0. To understand negative numbers better you might find it
    easier to think about the temperature in a freezer or an overdrawn bank account.

    For example, if you are overdrawn by £50 then you have -£50 in the bank. Remember the
    minus (negative) sign is always in front of the number it is connected to.

    You need to know how to perform all 4 rules (+, -, x and ÷) with negative numbers.

    Adding and Subtracting


    Examples:
    9–3=6
    These should be easy for you as you are used to
    12 – 8 = 4
    this sort of calculation.
    20 – 5 = 15

    Think about what “-“ means: it can be seen as the “difference” between 2 numbers, for
    example: 9 – 3 = the difference between 9 and 3 = 6
    12 – 8 = the difference between 12 and 8 = 4 etc

    So, what if you are presented with a calculation such as:


    𝟗 − (−𝟑) (9 take away minus (or negative) 3).

    Let’s look at the difference between 9 and (−3):


    10
    9
    8
    7
    6
    There are 9 spaces
    5
    between 9 and 0.
    4
    3
    2
    1
    0
    -1 There are another 3 spaces
    -2 between 0 and (−3).
    -3
    -4
    The total distance between 9 and (−3) is 12.
    -5
    -6
    -7 An easy way to do this calculation (without using a diagram) is to
    -8 remember that 2 minus signs together can be replaced with a +.
    -9
    e.g. 9 − (−3) = 9 + 3 = 12
    -10
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    Examples:
    15 − (−4) = 15 + 4 = 19
    22 − (−3) = 22 + 3 = 25

    More Adding & Subtracting


    When the 2 negative signs are not together you can just think about moving up and down
    the number line. If you are adding (increasing) you move up the number line and if you
    are subtracting (decreasing) you move down the number line.

    Examples:

    −5 + 7 = 2 (try it on the number line, start at −5 and add on (move up) 7)


    −3 + 10 = 7 (try it)
    4 − 9 = −5 (notice that you end up with a negative number as you are taking
    2 − 3 = −1 away more than you started with.)
    −2 − 5 = −7 (be careful with this one, the 2 minus signs are not together so
    do not become +, this means start at −2 then go down 5.
    Try it on the number line.
    −8 − 10 = −18 (try it)
    −11 − (−3) = −8 (this becomes −11 + 3, so start and -11 and move up 3)

    Multiplying and Dividing


    Let’s look at another (similar) rule about 2 minus signs becoming a +. This is used when
    2 negative numbers are multiplied or divided.

    The following is an important summary when using x and ÷ with negative numbers:

    2 signs the same gives + +ve and +ve ⟹ +ve


    -ve and -ve ⟹ +ve
    2 different signs gives – +ve and -ve ⟹ -ve
    -ve and +ve ⟹ -ve

    Examples:

    5 × 3 = 15 (if there is no sign it is a positive number)


    −5 × −3 = 15 (− × − becomes +)
    −5 × 3 = −15 (− × + becomes −)
    5 × −3 = −15 (+ × − becomes −)

    15 ÷ 3 = 5
    −15 ÷ −3 = 5 (− ÷ − becomes +)
    −15 ÷ 3 = −5 (− ÷ + becomes −)
    15 ÷ −3 = −5 (+ ÷ − becomes −)

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    Practice Sheet 2: Negative Numbers


    Adding & Subtracting
    Work out the following:

    15 – 8 = -4 – 3 =

    22 – 4 = 8 – (-2) =

    12 – 16 = 15 – (-7) =

    8 – 15 = 20 – (-5) =

    7 – 11 = 35 – (-10) =

    -4 + 3 = -5 – (-3) =

    -8 + 13 = -9 – (-4) =

    -10 + 12 = -11 – (-5) =

    -5 – 4 = -22 – (-24) =

    -10 – 7 = -14 – (-20) =

    Multiplying & Dividing


    Work out the following:

    3x4= 15 ÷ 5 =

    -3 x 4 = 15 ÷ (-5) =

    3 x (-4) = -15 ÷ 5 =

    (-3) x (-4) = -15 ÷ -5 =

    -7 x -2 = 24 ÷ (-8) =

    -8 x 3 = (-32) ÷ (-8) =

    5 x -3 = (-20) ÷ 10 =

    4x2= -22 ÷ -11 =

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