7+(−3)=
Let's locate the number 7 on the number line.
Since the number 7 is greater than 0, we will move seven steps to the right 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
And the number minus 3 is less than 0, we will move three steps to the left from the number 7, where each step represents one whole number as follows:
We can see that the number we reached is 4.