Solve Integer Addition: 16 + (-20) Step by Step

Question

Solve the following problem:

$16+(-20)=$

00:00 Solve

00:03 Find point 16 on the axis

00:07 The number is intentional, negative

00:10 Movement to the negative side of the axis is to the left

00:14 Let's take 20 jumps to the left

00:33 And this is the solution to the question

Let's locate the number 16 on the number line, then move 20 steps to the left from it (since minus 20 is less than zero):

We can see that we have reached the number minus 4.

$-4$