Mrs. Shen writes the expression |-5| + |3| on the board. Show or explain why the sum |-51 +31 is the distance between -5 and 3 on a number line.

Mariano delivers newspaper. he always puts 3/4 of his weekly earnings in his savings account and then divides the rest equally into 3 piggy banks for spending at the snack shop, the arcade and the subway