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To use a number line to subtract integers:
1. Change the subtraction problem to adding the additive _.
2. Start at _.
3. Determine the direction according to the _ of the numbers.
4. Determine how many units to move according to the obsolute value of the number.
|-7| = _

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To use a number line to subtract integers:

  1. Change the subtraction problem to adding the additive inverse.
  2. Start at the first number.
  3. Determine the direction according to the sign of the numbers.
  4. Determine how many units to move according to the absolute value of the number. |-7| = 7.