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Explain how to use a number line to model the equation -5 +3. Then determine its sum.

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go to -5 on the number line, then move 3 spaces to the right

-5 + 3 = -2
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Go from +3 on the number like and move to the left 5 times that would put you on the number -2.

So -5+3=-2
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