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a negative subtracted by a positive will always equal a negative.
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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 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.
What is the sum of a negative integer from a positive integer?
subtract the negative from the positive
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.
What is the answer if you subtract positive twentyseven from negative sixtynine?
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.
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.
If you add a positive and a negative number how can you tell whether the answer will be positive negative or equal?
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)
How do you subtract a positive number by a negative number?
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.
What does a negative subtract a negative equal?
The result can be either positive or negative, depending on the sizes of those original two negative numbers. (-8) minus (-10) = positive 2 (-8) minus (-5) = negative 3
Why does negative and negative equal positive?
A negative and a negative does NOT equal positive.For example(-7) + (-7) = -14 which is not positive!
When you subtract two fraction the answer is?
It can be a negative or positive fraction, a negative or positive integer, or zero.
When you subtract a positive integer by a positive integer do you get a positive integer?
If the integer subtracted is smaller than or equal to the first integer, then the answer is positive. Otherwise, if the integer subtracted is larger, then the answer is negative.
What does a positive and a neagive equal?
positive and a positive is a positive negative and a negative is a positive to answer your question: positive and a negative is a negative.
What is 6 plus negative 1?
6 + (-1) positive and negative will equal negative. so it's 6-1 that would equal 5. positive and positive= positive positive negative= negative negative negative = positive negative positive= negative
Rules for adding integers?
When you add: a negative and a negative: you get a negative a positive and a positive: you get a positive a positive and a negative or a negative and a positive: Subtract the addend with the smaller value from the greater one. If the greater one is positive, your answer will be positive. If the greater addend is negative, your answer will be negative.
If you divide positive by a negative does it equal a negative or positive?
negative
Is a negative divided by a positive equal a positive or negative?
Negative
How to subtract negative and positive numbers?
6
