Solve Integer Addition: Adding -36 and 6

Question

36+6= -36+6=

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Solve
00:04 Find point (-36) on the axis
00:08 The number is oriented, positive
00:12 Movement towards the positive side of the axis is to the right
00:16 Let's take 6 jumps to the right
00:27 And this is the solution to the question

Step-by-Step Solution

We will locate the number negative 36 on the number line, and from there we will move 6 steps to the right (since 6 is greater than zero):

We can see that we have reached the number minus 30.-36-34-32-30-28-26

Answer

30 -30