Rule Adding Numbers With the same sign To add two numbers with the same sign, add their absolute values The sum has the same sign as the addends. Examples 2 6 8 2(-6) -8 Rule Adding Numbers With Different Signs To add two numbers with different signs, find the difference of their absolute valucs. The sum has the same sign as the addend with the greater absolute value. Examples-2 6 4 2(-6) -4