CIESEmath Activity: Integer Addition using Color Chips
Alligned with Unit 6 Lesson 3 of Everyday Math
Go to http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_161_g_2_t_1.html?open=activities&id=74
Your screen should look something like this:

Drag into the workspace (the oval space) the number of positive and
negative chips that correspond to the addends in the number sentence.
In the example above, you have 1 and -5 in the number sentence, you
need to drag one positive (black) chip and five negative (red) chips
into the workspace so it looks like this:

Next, drag a red negative chip on top of the black positive chip. What
happens? (The red and black chips should disappear.)
Press the continue button. You should see something similar to this:

Since there are four red negative chips, you should type -4 in the
empty box. Then click the check button. If you did that correctly you
will be prompted to press the new problem button.
Do 5 more problems and record your results in the table below.
| Problem
Posed |
Show
Chips in
Workspace |
Show
workspace
after the disappearing acts are complete |
Result |
| (-5)
+ 1 |
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State a generalization or rule that reflects what happens when you
combine a positive and negative values.
Use your rule to do the following problems.
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/applets/doc/colorchips/signedaddition/a_colorchipsadd4-8.html