Question

Express ‘–6’ as the sum of a negative integer and a whole number.

SCERT Class 7 Telangana, Maths Chapter 1 Integers

Answer 1

-7+1 gives the result -6 where -7 is a negative integer and 1 is a whole number.

You can take so many examples that can satisfy this equation such as -8 + 2, -9 + 3, -10 + 4, -11 + 5 and the list goes on.

Make sure that one of the numbers is a whole number. It can also be -6 + 0