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What happens when you subtract a negative number from a positive number?
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It's the same as adding a positive number.
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What happens when you divide a negative number by a positive number?
Dividing a negative number by a positive number results in a negative answer.
Will a positive number stay positive if you subtract a negative number from it?
Yes, the negatives cancell out eg. 3--5=3+5
What happens when you multiply a positive number by a negative number?
You get a number known as their "product".
What are the rules for multiplying and dividing positive and negative fractions?
negative times negative equals positive negative times positive equals.....you subtract the bigger number by the smaller number and keep the sign of the bigger number positive times positive equals positive im pretty sure thats right but i would make sure with your math teacher abt the second one i said
Does a positive number times a negative number equal a negative or a positive number?
A negative number. A positive number x a positive number = a positive number A negative number x a negative number = a positive number A positive number x a negative number = a negative Hope this helps :D
What happens when you subtract a positive number from a negative number?
It's the same as adding a positive number.
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 minus a number equal a positive?
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.
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.
Do you add or subtract when you have a negative number and a positive?
Subtract and add the sign of the greater number.
What happens if you subtract a positive and a negative numbers?
In addition different signs you subtract and give the sign of the bigger number. Ex: 6+(-8)= -14
When adding a positive number to a negative number why do you always get a positive number?
-5+-3 = -8 ++ Add -- Add +- Subtract -+ Subtract
When you subtract a negative from a positive is that a gain or loss?
When you subtract a negative number from a positive number, it is equivalent to adding the two numbers together. Therefore, it is a gain.
How do you subtract a positive and negative number?
You have to take the negative sign away from the negative number and add them.
How do you subtract a negative number from a positive number?
you subtract the numbers then he higher number to start out with is the awnser. example: negative 3 - positive 7= 3-7=4 the higher number is 7 so i is positive. the final answer is positive 4
What is the answer you get when you subtract?
it depends if the numbers are positive or negative. if its a positive minus a negative, or switched, it will be the sign of the greater number.
