Additive Inverse
Additive Inverse
Explore the relationships between numbers and their opposites with this activity.
Putting It All Together
Answer these open ended questions on your own or with others to form deeper math connections.
Open-ended question 1
How are 8 and -8 different from each other?
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Open-ended question 2
Why would -5 be called the opposite of 5?
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Open-ended question 3
Why would -5 be called the additive inverse of 5?
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Open-ended question 4
The value of -(6) is -6. What is the value of -(-6)?
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