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