Adding Real Numbers

Topics for Today:

We used models (number line and integer chips) and rules to add real numbers today.  We talked about the identity property of addition and also talked about inverses.  We also discussed how to use a number line to represent addition problems of both positive and negative integers.  


Vocabulary: identity property of equality, additive inverse, inverse property of addition

Sections Covered in Textbook:

1-4: Adding Real Numbers (pages 24-31)

Resources & Tutorials:

1) How do you add two negative numbers?
2) Rules for Adding Integers
3) What is the opposite of a number?
4) What are identities?

5) Adding Real Numbers Class Notes