Adding and Subtracting Natural Numbers

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What are natural numbers?
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Natural numbers are positive integers starting from 1, 2, 3, and so on.
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What is the sum of 15 and 27?
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The sum of 15 and 27 is 42.
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Subtract 8 from 23. What is the result?
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The result of subtracting 8 from 23 is 15.
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Are natural numbers closed under addition?
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Yes, natural numbers are closed under addition, meaning the sum of any two natural numbers is also a natural number.
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Calculate the sum of the first five natural numbers.
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The sum of the first five natural numbers is 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 = 15.
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What is the result of subtracting a natural number from itself?
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The result is always 0.
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If a = 12 and b = 9, what is a - b?
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a - b = 12 - 9 = 3.
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What is the associative property of addition?
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The associative property states that the way in which numbers are grouped does not change their sum: (a + b) + c = a + (b + c).
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How is subtraction different from addition?
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Subtraction involves taking away or decreasing, whereas addition involves combining or increasing numbers.
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What is the smallest natural number?
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The smallest natural number is 1.
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Can zero be a result of subtracting two natural numbers?
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Yes, when a natural number is subtracted from itself, the result is zero.
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Is the sum of two odd natural numbers an even number?
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Yes, the sum of two odd natural numbers is always an even number.
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What is the result of 100 minus 45?
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The result of 100 minus 45 is 55.
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What do you get if you add 0 to a natural number?
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Adding 0 to a natural number results in the same natural number.
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Can a natural number be subtracted to result in another natural number?
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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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