Answer:
-5 + -4 = -9
Explanation:
-5 + -4 = -9
Start at 0.
You will need to move 5 spaces to the left (Negative numbers move to the left while positives go right).
And -4. Move 4 spaces left again. There you land at -9.
The plus sign is just to combine -5 and -4 together.
Thus the answer is:
-5 + -4 is -9.
Here’s why the other equations aren’t correct.
The first equation says “5 + 4 = 9”.
To represent this, you would move 5 spaces to the right (because the number is posititve.)
Then combine 4. Which you move 4 spaces to the right again. This leaves you at 9 instead of -9.
The second equation says “-5 + -9 = -14”.
To represent this, you would move 5 spaces to the left.
Then move 9 spaces to the left again. Which leaves you at -14.
Your final destination should be -9. Not anywhere else.