Adding IntegersSame signs add, different signs subtract — the sign follows the bigger.6th GradeSame signs: add the sizes and keep the sign.Different signs: subtract the smaller from the largerand take the sign of the larger.(−7) + (−4) = −11 · (−7) + 4 = −3(−7) + (−4)−11Both negative — it gets further from zero.(−7) + 4−37 is bigger than 4, so the answer is negative.7 + (−4)37 is bigger, so positive.(−5) + 50Opposites always cancel to zero.THE COMMON MISTAKE(−7) + 4 = −11(−7) + 4 = −3Different signs mean the numbers work against each other, so subtract.Think thermometer: −7°C rising by 4° is −3°C. Nobody gets that onewrong.Adding Integerslearnposters.com
Adding Integers — printable math wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Adding Integers poster

The rule, 4 worked examples, and the mistake everyone makes.

Think thermometer: −7°C rising by 4° is −3°C. Nobody gets that one wrong.

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What’s on the Adding Integers poster?
The rule, 4 worked examples, and the mistake everyone makes. Same signs: add the sizes and keep the sign. Different signs: subtract the smaller fr…; (−7) + (−4) = −11 · (−7) + 4 = −3; (−7) + (−4) = −11; (−7) + 4 = −3; 7 + (−4) = 3; (−5) + 5 = 0; Common mistake: (−7) + 4 = −11 → (−7) + 4 = −3. Think thermometer: −7°C rising by 4° is −3°C. Nobody gets that one wrong.
Who is the Adding Integers poster for?
Adding Integers is filed under 6th Grade (ages 11–12), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting math, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.
When should you use the Adding Integers poster?
Read every one as a temperature change. It stops the guessing. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Adding Integers belongs on the wall where that math work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Adding Integers?
Subtracting Integers, Absolute Value and Algebra Vocabulary sit alongside Adding Integers in the 6th Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Subtracting IntegersAbsolute ValueAlgebra Vocabulary
Is the Adding Integers poster free to download and print?
Yes. Adding Integers downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 6th Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Adding Integers poster print at?
Adding Integers is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Adding Integers loses nothing.Printing guide

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