Question

Gareth was in an online video game tournament and losing badly. He had -340 points. He found a hack and was able to remove -270 points before the hack was discovered and shut down. Write and solve a SUBTRACTION EQUATION to show how many points Gareth has now.

Answer 1

After using a hack to remove -270 points from his original -340 points in the game, Gareth now has -70 points remaining.

Step-by-step explanation:

Gareth was in an online video game tournament and was losing with -340 points. He used a hack to remove -270 points. To find out how many points Gareth has now, we write the subtraction equation as follows:

Current Points = Original Points + Points Removed

Since removing negative points is the same as adding positive points, the equation to solve is:

-340 + 270 = Current Points

To solve a subtraction equation involving negative numbers, you add the opposite of the second number to the first one. Here's the step-by-step solution:

1. Start with Gareth's original points: -340.
2. Add the points removed (since they are negative, adding them is like subtracting their absolute value): -340 + 270 = -70.

After applying the hack, Gareth now has -70 points.