Add the Opposite
(Subtracting Signed Numbers)
Harry Guffee
This song is available on Harry Guffee's Doggone Math.
Also available as an individual song download.
Chorus:
Subtraction problems can be rewritten
As addition problems
A minus B is equal to the sum of
A plus the opposite of B
A minus B is equal to the sum of
A plus the opposite of B
Ten minus two is equal to the sum of
Ten plus the opposite of two
Ten plus negative two
Ten minus two is equal to the sum of
Ten plus negative two
Sum is positive eight
Chorus
Two minus ten is equal to the sum of
Two plus the opposite of ten
Two plus negative ten
Two minus ten is equal to the sum of
Two plus negative ten
Sum is negative eight
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Many thanks to Harry Guffee for permission to publish these lyrics.
© 2002 Pine Mountain Music. All rights reserved. Printed with permission.
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