2.2 - Text Book
Question: #16
Bella is more comfortable working with integers than with positive and negative decimal numbers. This is her way of understanding -4.3 + 2.5 .
-4.3 is -43/10 or -43 tenths
Question: #16
Bella is more comfortable working with integers than with positive and negative decimal numbers. This is her way of understanding -4.3 + 2.5 .
-4.3 is -43/10 or -43 tenths
2.5 is 25/10 or 25 tenths
-43 tenths + 25 tenths is -18 tenths
-18 tenths is -18/10 or -1.8
So, -4.3 + 2.5 = 1.8
A ) Use Bella's method to determine 6.1 + (-3.9).
B) How could you modify Bella's method to determine 1.25 -3.46?
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