You get the difference between the sizes of the two numbers without regard
for their sign, and the difference has the same sign as the larger of the two
original numbers.
positive is to add and negative is to subtract in math
No, you add the positive to the negative.
subtract the negative from the positive
If you subtract a negative from a positive, add both of their absolute values. If you subtract a positive from a negative, add both of their absolute values and multiply by negative one.
a negative subtracted by a positive will always equal a negative.
If you subtract positive twenty-seven from negative sixty-nine, you would get negative forty-two. You simply subtract the 27 from the 69 but leave the negative sign.
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.
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It can be a negative or positive fraction, a negative or positive integer, or zero.
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That is correct. If you subtract a positive number from a negative number, your result is negative.
Subtracting a negative is like adding a positive; the result will be positive.