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The Answer could be neither positive nor negative because the positivve could be bigger than the negative or the neagative could be bigger than the positive
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoIf you subtract a positive from a negative, you will get a negative.
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What is a negative number subtracted by a positive?
its a negative number.
When a negative number is subtracted from a positive number is the difference always positive?
Yes, a negative number subtracted from a positive number will always be positive. Subtracting a negative number is the same as adding the opposite of the negative number. The opposite of a negative number is always positive. A positive number plus a positive number is always positive.
Is positive integer subtracted from negative integer a negative integer?
Yes.
Negative 6 subtracted by positive 12?
-6
Is a negative subtract a negative a positive?
Yes. A negative subtracted by a negative is a positive. Just remember that two like signs become a positive sign, and two unlike signs become a negative sign.
What negative number and positive number subtracted equal positive 7?
A negative number subtracted by a positive number will always end up negative.
What is a negative number subtracted by a positive?
its a negative number.
Does a positive subtracted from a negative equal a negative?
Always yes
When a positive number is subtracted from zero what is the correct answer?
When a positive number is subtracted from zero the result is a negative number.
When a negative number is subtracted from a positive number is the difference always positive?
Yes, a negative number subtracted from a positive number will always be positive. Subtracting a negative number is the same as adding the opposite of the negative number. The opposite of a negative number is always positive. A positive number plus a positive number is always positive.
Is positive integer subtracted from negative integer a negative integer?
Yes.
What do you get when a negative number is subtracted from a positive number?
The sign of the answer will always be a positive number because subtracting a negative is the same as adding a positive (
Negative 6 subtracted by positive 12?
-6
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.
Negative integer is subtracted from a negative integer?
Subtracting a negative is like adding a positive.
If a negative integer is subtracted from a positive integer can the answer be 0?
No, any negative number subtracted from a positive is like addition. For example 1 - (-1) is the same as 1 + 1, so by adding two positive numbers you can't get zero.
Is a negative subtract a negative a positive?
Yes. A negative subtracted by a negative is a positive. Just remember that two like signs become a positive sign, and two unlike signs become a negative sign.
