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You minus it off the original negative number,
so if it was -5 plus -2 it equals -7
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How is adding to negative integers the same as and different from subtracting two positive integers?
No- adding negative numbers is like adding positive numbesr , except the answer is negative.
When adding 2 negative integers the answer is?
A negative.
Why does adding a negative number to another negative number always gives a negative sum?
The answer is in the question... You are "adding" a negative number to another negative number hence you will get a negative number! Now if you were subtracting a negative number from a negative number, the negatives will cancel out ex:subtracting> -5-(-3)=-2 .........adding>-5+(-3)=-8
Is the answer going to be positive or negative if your adding a negative to a positive?
Not necessarily.
When you add a negative integer with a negative integer do you get a positive integer?
Negative. Sorry. No you do not. Adding a negative to a negative gives you a number that is even more negative. Picture a number line. A negative number is to the left of zero, and adding a negative number moves further left. ■
How is adding to negative integers the same as and different from subtracting two positive integers?
No- adding negative numbers is like adding positive numbesr , except the answer is negative.
When adding 2 negative integers the answer is?
A negative.
Why does adding a negative number to another negative number always gives a negative sum?
The answer is in the question... You are "adding" a negative number to another negative number hence you will get a negative number! Now if you were subtracting a negative number from a negative number, the negatives will cancel out ex:subtracting> -5-(-3)=-2 .........adding>-5+(-3)=-8
When adding integers does a negative and a negative equal a positive?
No, that is not true.
Is the answer going to be positive or negative if your adding a negative to a positive?
Not necessarily.
When you add a negative integer with a negative integer do you get a positive integer?
Negative. Sorry. No you do not. Adding a negative to a negative gives you a number that is even more negative. Picture a number line. A negative number is to the left of zero, and adding a negative number moves further left. ■
Is the answer to adding two negative integers a positive or negative?
When you add two negative integers, the answer is still negative.
How do you subtraction a negative integer?
same as adding but it ends up negative
What is similar to subtracting a positive integer from a negative integer?
adding a negative
When Subtracting a positive integer from a negative integer is similar to what?
adding a negative
Why is adding two negative integers always negative?
Say you're adding -2+(-2). Adding negative two is equavilant to subtracting positive two. Both -2+(-2) would be -4. I hope that made sense.
How is adding polynomials like adding integers?
The numbers can have a positive or negative sign.
