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Directions: Find the inverse of each number.

Additive

-2 =
18 =
-30 =
2/5 =

Multiplicative

8/9 =
12/15 =
-6 =
10 =

Directions: Find the inverse of each number. Additive -2 = 18 = -30 = 2/5 = Multiplicative-example-1
User AmirM
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Answer:

Additive: number that you add to get 0

2

-18

30

-2/5

Multiplicative: number that you multiply to get 1

9/8

15/12

-1/6

1/10

hope this is helpful!! ^u^

User Jim Counts
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Answer:

Additive

-2 = 2

18 = -18

-30 = 30

2/5 = -2/5

Multiplicative

8/9 = 9/8

12/15 = 15/12

-6 = -1/6

10 = 1/10

Explanation:

an additive inverse is a number you must add to another number to get 0

(think of it as the negative version of the number)

{but WHY? In math, you can imagine comparing numbers on a number line. If we are finding the opposite of a number, we want to find the same distance from 0, but on the opposite side of 0. So, 2 would be two to the right of 0, -2 would be two to the left of 0}

-2 + 2 = 0

18 - 18 = 0

-30 + 30 = 0

2/5 - 2/5 = 0

a multiplicative inverse is a number that you multiply by another number to get 1.

We are finding the "reciprocal" of a number; you are essentially flipping it as a fraction

(reciprocal of 2 = 1/2 {remember, 2 is the same thing as 2/1 } ; reciprocal of 1 / 8 = 8)

note: reciprocal is being used interchangeably with multiplicative inverse here

8/9 · 9/8 = 1

12/15 · 15/12 = 1

-6 · -1/6 = 1 {-6 = -6/1}

10 · 1/10 = 1 {10 = 10/1}

hope this helps!! have a lovely day :)

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