Question

describe how to find the sums -4 + 2 and -4 + -2 on a number line

Answer 1

For number 1, you start at zero and go to the left since the four is negative four spaces. Then, you go to the right two spaces since the 2 is positive. Your answer is -2

For number 2, you start at zero and go left four spaces since it is negative and then go two more spaces to the left because it is negative again