Rules For Adding Integers

What Are The Rules For Adding Integers?

Before we begin, here are the rules for Adding Integers:

• Two integers added together with the same sign produces a result with the same sign.
• Add two numbers integers together with different signes produces a result with the sign of the larger number.

Adding integers examples:

• Adding Positive Numbers:
  (a) 5 + 1 = +6 = 6
  
  
• Adding Negative Numbers:
  (a) -5 + (-1) =
      -5 - 1 = -6
  
  (b) -5 + (-1) =
      -(5 + 1) =
      -(6) = -6
  
  
• Adding Positive and Negative Numbers:
  (a) -6 + 14 =
      14 - 6 = 8
  
  (b) -6 + 14 =
      +(14 - 6) =
      +(8) = +8 = 8
  
  (c) 7 + (-11) =
      -(11 - 7) = -4
  

Here is more on how to use signed numbers:

• Subtracting Positive Numbers And Negative Numbers
• Multiplying Positive Numbers And Negative Numbers
• Dividing Positive Numbers And Negative Numbers