In golf, shooting par is scored as a 0. A score of 2 below par on a hole in golf is called an eagle. Jacob’s friend Michelle scored an eagle on each of her first five holes. Explain how you would use addition to find the product of –2 and 5 using the integer tiles and the number line.

Answer:With integer tiles, you would add 5 groups of negative 2 tiles or remove 2 groups of 5 positive tiles. On the number line, you would bounce by 5 to the left 2 times.