a negative subtracted by a positive will always equal a negative.
A negative
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That is correct. If you subtract a positive number from a negative number, your result is negative.
Yes.
If you subtract a positive from a negative, you will get a negative.
No, you add the positive to the negative.
positive is to add and negative is to subtract in math
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
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.
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.
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.