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If you add a positive and a negative number how can you tell whether the answer will be positive negative or equal?
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∙ 14y ago
If the negative number is bigger then the answer will be negative If the bigger number is positive then the answer will be positive. All you do is subtract the two numbers and take the sign of the bigger number Ex (+2)+(-7)=(-5)
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Does a negative number times a positive number equal a positive or a negative number?
Negative.
Is a negative number divided by a positive number equal to a positive or a negative number?
Negative.
What does a positive number plus a negative number equal?
A negative number.
What do a positive and negative equal?
A positive number added to a negative number may be either positive or negative depending on the magnititude ( absolute value) of the numbers. But a positive number multiplied by a negative number is always negative.
If you multiply two negative numbers will it equal a negative or positive number?
positive
What doe a negative plus a positive equal?
It depends. It could equal either a negative number or a positive number, depending whether the negative number or the positive number is larger in absolute value. For example, -5 + 3 = -2, but -5 + 12 = +7.
Does a double negative number equal a positive number?
no it doesnt. two negative numbers equal a negative number. two postivie numbers equal a positive number. one negative and one positive number equal a negative number.
Does a negative number times a positive number equal a positive or a negative number?
Negative.
Is a negative number divided by a positive number equal to a positive or a negative number?
Negative.
Is a positive number divided by a negative number equal to a negative or positive number?
it is negative number
Is a positive number divided by a negative number equal to a negative or a positive number?
A negative number.
IS a negative divided by a positive number equal to a positive or a negative number number?
negative number
Is a positive number divided by a negative number equal to a positive or negative number?
A negative number.
Is a negative number divided by a negative number equal to a positive or a negative number?
A negative divided by a negative is a positive.
Positive plus negative is equal to?
Negative answer if the negative number is bigger. Positive answer if the positive number is bigger.
What does a negative number multiplied by a negative number equal to?
A positive number. Positive Number x Positive Number = Positive Number Positive Number x Negative Number = Negative Number Negative Number x Negative Number = Positive Number
Does a negative and a posotive number equal a negative?
A negative number TIMES a positive number will equal a negative number. A negative number DIVIDED BY a positive number (or vice versa) will equal a negative number. With addition and subtraction, it all depends on what the numbers are.
