alleryStart learning →A pair of counters whose value cancels to nothing is called a:
ANatural pair
BNautical pair
CNotional pair
DNeutral pair
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Neutral pair
1. Counters are used to model adding positive and negative numbers.
2. One positive counter and one negative counter cancel each other out.
3. The value of this neutral pair is zero.
4. Removing neutral pairs is what makes the sums work.
_Source: OpenStax Prealgebra 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 3 'Integers', sections 3.1-3.5_
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