Solve (-10) + 3: Addition on the Number Line

Question

Solve the following expression using the number line below:

$(-10)+3=$

00:00 Solution

00:03 Let's start from point (-10) on the negative (left) side of the axis

00:07 The number is directed and positive

00:10 The positive direction on the axis is to the right, so we'll go 3 to the right

00:19 And this is the solution to the question

Let's first locate negative 10 on the number line.

Now let's handle the operation in the exercise, given that the operation is $+3$

Since the number 3 is greater than 0, we will move three steps to the right from negative 10, where each step represents one whole number as follows:

We can see that the number we reached is negative 7.

$-7$