Cool math Prealgebra Help Lessons: Signed Numbers (Integers)

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Signed Number (Integers) lesson 5 - Finding the Opposite of a Number (page 2 of 2)
---- This prealgebra lesson explains how to find the opposite of a number.

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Another notation that you will see for "opposite" is another negative sign!

The "opposite of -4" can also be written as

So,

Note: In the subtraction lesson, you'll be putting a "+" in with that answer:

Try it:

Find the opposite of 10.

Find the opposite of -7.

- ( -8 ) = __

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