Question

use arrows to show -5 - (-6).
(a) draw two arrows to show -5 - (-6).
-5 - (-6) =

Explanation:

Step1: Recall the rule of subtracting a negative number

Subtracting a negative number is equivalent to adding its positive counterpart. So, $-5 - (-6)$ can be rewritten as $-5 + 6$.

Step2: Perform the addition

To add $-5$ and $6$, we can think of it as $6 - 5$ (since we're adding a positive number to a negative number, we subtract the absolute values and take the sign of the number with the larger absolute value; here, $6$ has a larger absolute value than $5$, and it's positive). So, $6 - 5 = 1$.

Answer:

$1$