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Rules for doing the different integer operations

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Add two positive integers   Add the numbers and the result is positive  
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Add two negative integers   Add the numbers and the result is negative  
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Add a positive integer and a negative integer   Subtract the numbers and use the sign of the bigger* number (the number with the larger absolute value  
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Add a negative integer and a positive integer   Subtract the numbers and use the sign of the bigger* number (the number with the larger absolute value  
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Add opposite integers   The sum will always be 0  
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Add a positive integer and 0   The sum will be the same positive integer  
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Add a negative integer and 0   The sum will be the same negative integer  
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Subtract a positive integer minus a smaller positive integer   This is the same as adding a positive integer and a smaller negative integer. Subtract the numbers and the result will be positive.  
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Subtract a positive integer minus a larger positive integer   This is the same as adding a positive integer and a "larger" negative integer. Subtract the numbers and the result will be negative.  
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Subtract a positive integer minus a negative integer   This is the same as adding a positive integer and a positive integer. Add the numbers and the result will be positive.  
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Subtract a negative integer minus a positive integer   The is the same as adding two negative integers. Add the numbers and the result will be negative.  
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Subtract a negative integer minus a negative integer   This is the same as adding a negative integer and a positive integer. Subtract the numbers and use the sign of the bigger* number (the number with the larger absolute value  
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Subtract an integer minus the same integer   This will be the same as adding opposite integers and the result will be 0.  
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Multiply a positive integer by a positive integer   Multiply the two numbers and the result (product) will be positive.  
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Multiply a positive integer by a negative integer   Multiply the two numbers and the result (product) will be negative. (it doesn't matter if the "bigger" number is positive or negative)  
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Multiply a negative integer by a positive integer   Multiply the two numbers and the result (product) will be negative. (it doesn't matter if the "bigger" number is positive or negative)  
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Multiply a negative integer by a negative integer   Multiply the numbers and the result (product) will be positive.  
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Multiply a positive or a negative integer by 0   The product will always be 0  
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Divide a positive integer by a positive integer   Divide the numbers and the result (quotient) will by positive.  
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Divide a positive integer by a negative integer   Divide the two numbers and the result (quotient) will be negative.  
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Divide a negative integer by a positive integer   Divide the two numbers and the result (quotient) will be negative.  
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Divide a negative integer by a negative integer   Divide the two numbers and the result (quotient) will be positive.  
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Divide 0 by any integer   The quotient will be 0.  
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Divide any integer by 0   This cannot be done. The quotient is said to be "undefined".  
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