Subtracting Signed Numbers: Summary: Subtracting Signed Numbers
This clip summarizes the lesson on subtracting signed numbers. It explains that "
in subtracting signed numbers, it would be most useful to think of subtraction as finding the missing addend." The clip also reviews the use of the number line in the...
Subtracting Fractions: Two Problems: Take-Away and Missing Addend
This clip explains that we subtract fractions in at least two kind of problems: take-away and missing addend. It then provides an example of each, along with instructions on how to solve them. In the take-away problem given, it's necessary to change...
Subtracting Signed Numbers: Subtraction as Finding Missing Addends
This clip explains that subtraction can be looked at in either of two ways: having some quantity and taking away part of it, or finding the missing addend. "We have 4 dollars (and) we need 7. What must we add to 4 to get 7?" the clip asks. Because p...
Subtracting Signed Numbers: Subtracting Any Number is the Same as Adding Its Opposite
This clip explains that there's a way to subtract signed numbers that doesn't involve the number line. Through a series of examples, the clip demonstrates that subtracting any number is the same as adding that number with the opposite sign. "In othe...
Subtracting Signed Numbers: Shortcut in Subtracting Signed Numbers, A
This clip takes the student through a 3-step shortcut in subtracting signed numbers. Step 1 is to change the sign of the subtrahend from negative to positive or positive to negative. Step 2 is to change the subtraction to addition. Step 3 is to fini...
Subtracting Signed Numbers: Exercise in the Subtraction of a Negative Number, An
This clip provides an exercise in which the student must solve a subtraction problem involving a negative number. The clip includes the steps necessary to solve the problem, as well as the correct answer.
Subtracting Signed Numbers: Subtracting a Negative Number From a Positive Number
This clip explains the steps necessary to solve a problem in which a negative number is subtracted from a positive number.
Subtracting Signed Numbers: Subtracting a Larger Number From a Smaller Number
This clip explains the steps necessary to solve a problem in which a larger number is subtracted from a smaller number.
Compound Denominate Numbers: Working With Metric Compound Denominate Numbers
This clip explains how working with metric compound denominate numbers differs from compound denominate numbers in the U.S. Customary System. "In the Metric System, we don't usually see a value like 21 meters 72 centimeters," the clip states. "Inste...
Compound Denominate Numbers: Practical Problems: Subtracting Compound Denominate Numbers
This clip includes a number of practical problems requiring the subtraction of compound denominate numbers. The clip reminds the student to work with one column at a time and to borrow when necessary.