-2 - 3 = -5
Two (2) minus negative three (-3) is five (5). When you subtract a negative number it is the same as adding a positive number of the same absolute value.
-4+3-2=-3
3-(-2)=5
-3 + 3 = 0
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.
- 20
-3
Subtract negative two from negative nine. = Add two to negative nine. = Negative seven.
When you subtract a negative number, it is the same as adding its absolute value. So 2 -(-1) is the same thing as 2+1. Another way to remember this is that two negative signs in a row cancel each other out when adding or subtracting.
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.
It can be a negative or positive fraction, a negative or positive integer, or zero.
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