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What does a negative subtract positive equal?
A negative
Subtract Integer- what does positive 4 subtract positive 7 equal?
-3
Does a negative number minus a positive equal a negative?
That is correct. If you subtract a positive number from a negative number, your result is negative.
Does a negative number subtract a positive number equal a negative number?
Yes.
What is a negative subtracted by a positive?
If you subtract a positive from a negative, you will get a negative.
Do you subtract when its a negative plus a positive?
No, you add the positive to the negative.
What is your positive and negative?
positive is to add and negative is to subtract in math
Does two positive equal a negative?
Depends what your doing with them. You can subtract two positives and get a negative but if we add two positives we get a positive
What is the sum of a negative integer from a positive integer?
subtract the negative from the positive
What do you do when subtracting a positive and a negative?
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.
Do 2 positive numbers make a positive answer?
Often, but not always. It depends upon what you do with them. If the numbers are not equal, and you subtract the larger from the smaller, the answer will be negative.
Why do 2 negatives equal a positive?
On the number line if you subtract a positive you move left. If you add a positive you move right. If add a negative you move left. If you subtract a negative you move right. That is just how I learned it. I don't know a wordy explanation.
