When you subtract a negative you might as well just add the two together.
Ex) 17 - -4 =21 or 17 + 4 =21
Just remember to keep track of your signs.
It is negative, such as -2, which is negative two, or subtract, such as 7-4=3.
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.
Subtract negative 3.
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 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.
No, you add the positive to the negative.
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positive is to add and negative is to subtract in math
In the same way that you would answer a fraction subtract another fraction. The result could be either positive or negative, just as is the case with negative whole numbers.
subtract the negative from the positive
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