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When you have a minus and a plus sign together, you simply ignore the plus sign. For example -5 + -3 is the same as -5 - 3 which is -8.
If you have two minus signs together, you replace them with a plus sign. For example -5 - -3 is the same as -5 + 3 which gives -2.
At school I learned a simple rule: 'Minus a minus is a plus'
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When you add a negative plus a negative the answer is?
The answer is negative
How do you make a negative number a positive number?
Multiply it by another negative number. Or add a higher positive number to it.
What is the answer to negative plus a negative?
-n+-n=-2n so -1+-1=-2. In simple terms a negative plus a negative eqauls a negative. You can just add the numbers as if they are positive and then add a negative sign to the answer.
How do you add negative integers without using the number line?
if they are both negative, add like they are positive numbers, but just add the negative sign.
Is a negative number add a negative number a positive or negative answer?
Adding two negative numbers always gives a negative number.
If you add a negative number and another negative number together the sum is?
Negative
How do you subtract a negative fraction from another negative fraction?
i think you just add it and put the negative sign in front of it
How do you add a negative by a negative?
you make it a positive because negative add negative becomes a positive
If you add a negative and a negative what will your answer be?
The answer will also be negative.
When you add a negative plus a negative the answer is?
The answer is negative
If you add a negative and a negative it equals?
Adding a negative number to a negative number makes a larger negative. In order to solve this you add the numbers together as a positive then add a negative sign.
How do you make a negative number a positive number?
Multiply it by another negative number. Or add a higher positive number to it.
When you add a positive with a negative does it come out positive or negative?
Its negative
What is negative three plus negative five?
it negative eight just add normally and add negative
If you add a negative and a negative what you get?
You get a positive Number answer.
What do you get when you add to negative numbers?
The answer will also be negative.
What is the answer to negative plus a negative?
-n+-n=-2n so -1+-1=-2. In simple terms a negative plus a negative eqauls a negative. You can just add the numbers as if they are positive and then add a negative sign to the answer.
