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Additive Inverse

Explore the relationships between numbers and their opposites with this activity.

Aufgabe 1

Putting It All Together

Answer these open ended questions on your own or with others to form deeper math connections.

Aufgabe 2

How are 8 and -8 different from each other?

Aufgabe 3

Why would -5 be called the opposite of 5?

Aufgabe 4

Why would -5 be called the additive inverse of 5?

Aufgabe 5

The value of -(6) is -6. What is the value of -(-6)?