Example Problem - Adding and Subtracting Positive and Negative numbers

-6 + 2

Step 1a - What is the sign of the left term?
        Negative            Positive

Step 1b - What is the sign of the right term?
        Negative            Positive

Step 1c - Are those the same signs or different signs?
        Same signs, so we will add the values                Different signs, so we will subtract the values

                That is not correct. The answers to part 1a and part 1b were different.

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