Adding and Subtracting Natural Numbers

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What are natural numbers?

Natural numbers are positive integers starting from 1, 2, 3, and so on.

What is the sum of 15 and 27?

The sum of 15 and 27 is 42.

Subtract 8 from 23. What is the result?

The result of subtracting 8 from 23 is 15.

Are natural numbers closed under addition?

Yes, natural numbers are closed under addition, meaning the sum of any two natural numbers is also a natural number.

Calculate the sum of the first five natural numbers.

The sum of the first five natural numbers is 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 = 15.

What is the result of subtracting a natural number from itself?

The result is always 0.

If a = 12 and b = 9, what is a - b?

a - b = 12 - 9 = 3.

What is the associative property of addition?

The associative property states that the way in which numbers are grouped does not change their sum: (a + b) + c = a + (b + c).

How is subtraction different from addition?

Subtraction involves taking away or decreasing, whereas addition involves combining or increasing numbers.

What is the smallest natural number?

The smallest natural number is 1.

Can zero be a result of subtracting two natural numbers?

Yes, when a natural number is subtracted from itself, the result is zero.

Is the sum of two odd natural numbers an even number?

Yes, the sum of two odd natural numbers is always an even number.

What is the result of 100 minus 45?

The result of 100 minus 45 is 55.

What do you get if you add 0 to a natural number?

Adding 0 to a natural number results in the same natural number.

Can a natural number be subtracted to result in another natural number?

Yes, as long as the number being subtracted is smaller than the number it is being subtracted from, the result is also a natural number.





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1. What are natural numbers?

Natural numbers are fractions between whole numbers, e.g., 1/2, 1/3, etc.

Natural numbers are positive integers starting from 1, 2, 3, and so on.

Natural numbers include all integers, negative and positive.

Natural numbers are any real numbers, including decimals.

2. What is the sum of 15 and 27?

45

42

39

40

3. Subtract 8 from 23. What is the result?

13

16

15

19

4. Are natural numbers closed under addition?

No, natural numbers are only closed under multiplication.

Yes, natural numbers are closed under addition, meaning the sum of any two natural numbers is also a natural number.

No, natural numbers can sometimes produce non-natural numbers when added.

Yes, but only for numbers less than 100.

5. Calculate the sum of the first five natural numbers.

15

10

20

21

6. What is the result of subtracting a natural number from itself?

0

1

-1

Natural numbers cannot be subtracted from themselves.

7. If a = 12 and b = 9, what is a - b?

21

3

1

11

8. What is the associative property of addition?

The associative property states that the way in which numbers are grouped does not change their sum: (a + b) + c = a + (b + c).

The associative property states that the order of addition does not change the outcome.

Associative property only applies to multiplication, not addition.

The result is multiplied by the number of addends.

9. How is subtraction different from addition?

Subtraction involves increasing numbers.

Subtraction involves taking away or decreasing, whereas addition involves combining or increasing numbers.

Subtraction combines numbers like addition.

Subtraction increases as multiplication does.

10. What is the smallest natural number?

0

2

1

-1

11. Can zero be a result of subtracting two natural numbers?

Only if one of the numbers is zero.

Yes, when a natural number is subtracted from itself, the result is zero.

It's impossible to result in zero with natural numbers.

Yes, when subtracting one from any number.

12. Is the sum of two odd natural numbers an even number?

Yes, the sum of two odd natural numbers is always an even number.

No, the sum is always an odd number.

No, it depends on the numbers.

Yes, but only if the numbers are consecutive odd numbers.

13. What is the result of 100 minus 45?

55

65

75

45

14. What do you get if you add 0 to a natural number?

2

1 less than the original number

Adding 0 to a natural number results in the same natural number.

1 more than the original number

15. Can a natural number be subtracted to result in another natural number?

Yes, as long as the number being subtracted is smaller than the number it is being subtracted from, the result is also a natural number.

No, subtraction always results in non-natural numbers.

Yes, but only for even numbers.

No, subtraction is undefined for natural numbers.