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Integers & Negative NumbersATI TEAS 7 cheat sheet

Sign rules that actually stick

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Adding

  • Same signs → add and keep the sign
  • Different signs → subtract and take the sign of the larger absolute value
  • −7 + 3 = −4

Subtracting

  • Add the opposite: a − b = a + (−b)
  • −5 − (−3) = −5 + 3 = −2
  • Two minus signs together become a plus

Multiply & Divide

  • Same signs → positive
  • Different signs → negative
  • An even number of negatives → positive

On A Number Line

  • Further left = smaller; −8 < −2
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