NCERT Exemplar Solutions
Class 6 - Mathematics - Unit 3: Integers - Fill in the Blanks

Question 42

• The additive inverse of a number is the number that makes the sum zero.
• We need a number x such that:

(14 + x = 0)

• So,

(x = -14)

• Check:

(14 + (-14) = 0)

• Therefore, the additive inverse of 14 is

(-14)