Solve (-2)+3 Using the Number Line: Step-by-Step Visual Guide

Question

$(-2)+3=$

00:00 Solve

00:06 The number is intentional and negative

00:12 We'll take 2 jumps left from zero point to find the number

00:17 The number is intentional and positive

00:21 To add, we'll take 3 jumps in the positive direction

00:33 And this is the solution to the question

Let's locate negative 2 on the number line.

Since negative 2 is less than 0, we'll move two steps left from zero, where each step represents one whole number as follows:

Now let's look at the operation in the exercise.

Since the operation is $+3$

And since 3 is greater than 0, we'll move three steps right from negative 2, where each step represents one whole number as follows:

We can see that we arrived at the number 1.

$1$