You have to take the negative sign away from the negative number and add them.
Jane Reed
That is correct. If you subtract a positive number from a negative number, your result is negative.
That is correct. If you subtract a positive number from a negative number, your result is negative.
Yes.
A little awkwardly phrased, so I'll answer both ways. To subtract a negative from anything, add its positive. To subtract a positive from a negative, the equation is treated as though you are adding two postives, the result is negative.
Subtract and add the sign of the greater number.
-5+-3 = -8 ++ Add -- Add +- Subtract -+ Subtract
It's the same as adding a positive number.
you subtract the numbers then he higher number to start out with is the awnser. example: negative 3 - positive 7= 3-7=4 the higher number is 7 so i is positive. the final answer is positive 4
It's the same as adding a positive number.
the number gets lower
it depends if the numbers are positive or negative. if its a positive minus a negative, or switched, it will be the sign of the greater number.
subtract the positive number