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MATH 40B
LESSON 2

QUESTIONS FROM
HOMEWORK
About 10-15 minutes

Math Journal
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Your neighbors son came home from school

today with the following homework problem:

-3|-2x3|

Your neighbors son is convinced that the

answer has to be positive because it is an
absolute value problem. Is he right? Write
1-2 paragraphs explain how you might teach
him about the rules of absolute value and/or
multiplying integers.

Number of the day

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Balance this equation by writing another

equation on the right side that uses at
least 1 absolute value.
-4(5)x|-5| x (-3)(-1)= ______________

ADDING & SUBTRACTING INTEGERS

Slide content from:
Contemporarys Number Power 3
Contemporarys Number Power 4
Contemporarys Number Power 5
Contemporarys Achieving TABE Success in Mathematics Level
A&D
Contemporarys Top 50 Math Skills for GED Success

Activity
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Hands-on Math Algebra (p19-28)

Integer tiles and subtraction with
integers.

About Signed Numbers

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In algebra, you learn that you can add and subtract

negative numbers. To avoid confusion, a signed
number may be enclosed in ( ) parentheses, but
they arent always.
A positive sign indicates either addition or a
positive number. A negative sign indicates either
subtraction or a negative number.
Simplified Way of

Sum or Difference

Meaning

+5 + (+6)

Positive 5 plus positive 6

5+6

+3 - (-4)

Positive 3 minus
negative 4

3 - (-4)

-2 + (-3)

Negative 2 plus negative

3

-2 + (-3)

Writing

1st: Using the Number LineInde

x
Ca
rd
s

Using the number line you can visualize

how to solve the problem. Start with the
first number and move either right or left
depending on the sign that follows.
-1 + (-4) =

-6 + 5 =

4 -10 =

Group Activity
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Hands-on Math Algebra- (p29-32) Get it

in Gear Game

2nd: Learning the Rules

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Now that you can see how it works

both using integer tiles and the
number line, lets learn some rules
to help you quickly be able to solve
integer equations.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYHjT0m_iyQ
The words for this song are written on a slide
#20 so you can copy them down later.
The sign of the larger number is
positive so the answer is positive.

Changing Signs
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In order for the song to work each number can only have one sign in front of it.
If there are two signs in front of a number then use the following rule to replace
the two signs with one sign. (click the video below to see/hear it in action.)

Same signs add, different signs subtract.

Rules
++=+
- -=+
-+=+-=-

Examples
6 + (-3)
- 5 + +6
- 2 +2
+ 7 (-4)

63=3
-5+6=1
-22=-4
7 + 4 = 11

Combining Signs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxi4ItFpUvw

Subtracting a negative is the same as adding a positive:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/absolute-value/adding_subtracting_negatives/
v/why-subtracting-a-negative-equivalent-to-adding-a-positive

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Applying the Rules for

Adding and Subtracting
Integers

Ind
e
car x
d

Same signs keep and add.

2+2=

-4 + - 2 =

-2 -5 =

Different signs subtract,

-2 + 6 =

23=

4 (+ 2) =

Sign Rules
Use when a
number has 2
signs in front of it

++

--

Take the sign of the bigger number,

-+
=
-4 + 2 =

-2 -5 =

-2 + 6 = 4 (+2)+=-

And then youll be exact

10 + (-11)
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1.
2.
3.
4.

21
-1
1
0

-2 + 2 =
14

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

0
1
2
4
-4

14 (- 9) =
15

1.
2.
3.
4.

23
5
-5
-23

-5 + (-3) =
16

1.
2.
3.
4.

8
2
-2
-8

- 1 (+ 5) =
17

1.
2.
3.
4.

4
-6
-4
6

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Group Activity: Positive and Negative

Integers

http://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/archive
s/03-1/lesson001.shtml#sthash.5QZBVnJ5.dpuf
Or
Activity Folder: MA40B W1 L2 Positive and Negative
Integers

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WORD PROBLEMS

Mount McKinley in Alaska is 20,320 ft above sea level.

Death Valley is 280 ft below sea level. What is the
difference in height between Mount McKinley and Death
Valley?
1.
2.
3.
4.

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20,040 ft
20,600 ft
20, 320 ft
20,880 ft

On January 23, 1971, the temperature in Prospect Creek, Alaska,

fell to -79F. How many degrees below freezing (32F) did the
temperature fall?
1.
2.
3.
4.

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111
79
108
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A school of fish is swimming 120 ft below a shark. If

the shark is 60 ft below sea level, how far are the
fish below sea level?
1.
2.
3.
4.

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120 ft
240 ft
180 ft
60 ft

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ADDING AND SUBTRACTING POLYNOMIALS

ACTIVITY

http://www.fishing4tech.com/adding-and-subtr
acting-polynomials.html
Or
Activity Folder: MA40B W1 L2 Adding and Subtracting
Polynomials

Vocabulary
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Variable: A letter that stands for a number.

Coefficient: A number that multiplies a variable. In the

term 3y, 3 is the coefficient.

Variable with no coefficient: If there is a variable without

a coefficient, the coefficient is always +1. (example: 1z is
written as z).

Term: Algebraic expressions are made up of one or more

terms. Each term is a number, a variable or a coefficient
with a variable. (examples: 3x, 4n2, 2xy, z, and 9).

Like Terms: are groups of two or more terms that have the
same variables and exponents. 4 and 7 are like terms
(without a variable); 2r and 5r are like terms, with a
variable, and so are 3x2 and -7x2 .

Ordering Like Terms: terms should first be put in

Combining Like Terms:

Also called Adding and Subtracting
Polynomials

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Small Groups

What can we combine?

What cant we combine?
Algebraic Expression

Simplified Expression

5x + 3x

8x

7y 4y + 5

3y + 5

2z + z + 3 + 6

3z + 9

3x2 + 7x +2x2 3x

5x2 + 4x

4mn + 2m + n2

2m + 4mn + n2

3m 5m + 4m =
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1.
2.
3.
4.

-2m2 + 4m
2
7m 5m
2m2
No Like Terms

2x + 3x + 2xy 2y =
27

1.
2.
3.
4.

8xy
7xy 2y
5x + 2xy 2y
5x + 4xy

2y 5y 4y + 6y 2 =
28

1.
2.
3.
4.

2y2 + y 2
2
-2y + y - 2
6y2 + 11y 2
-2y2 y - 2

3c3 + 6c2 4c3

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1.
2.
3.
4.

-c3 + 6c2
5c3
6c2 + c3
No Like Terms

6z (-3z) =
30

1.
2.
3.
4.

3z
-3z
9z
6z

7x + 2y 5x =
31

1.
2.
3.
4.

2x + 2y
12x + 2y
9y 5x
-2x + 2y

9a + 2a 8 - 3a + 1 =
2

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1.
2.
3.
4.

12a2 + 2a 8
6a2 +2a 9
6a2 +2a 7
-6a2 + a - 7

Individual Activity
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Activity Folder: MA40B W1 L2 - Race to

the Top Combining Like Terms