It does not. A negative number multiplied by a negative number equals a positive number.
A negative plus a negative equals a negative.
a negative number. think banking..... no money plus no money is ? Nothing (negative) "no money" would be zero, wouldn't it? Zero, or "nothing", is not negative. Still, a negative number plus a negative number is a negative number. minus X plus minus Y equals minus(X + Y).
positivetimes negative equals negative neg. times neg. equals pos. pos.pos. equals pos.
It could equal both a negagtive number or a positive number. To get a definite positive or negative you times or divide. Well in addition and subtraction negative plus a negative equals a bigger negative. Kinda like -4+-4 =-8, but in multiplication and division 2 negatives equal a positive. -2 times-2 =positive 4.
a negative number
It does not. A negative number multiplied by a negative number equals a positive number.
A negative plus a negative equals a negative.
it depends on the number
a negative number. think banking..... no money plus no money is ? Nothing (negative) "no money" would be zero, wouldn't it? Zero, or "nothing", is not negative. Still, a negative number plus a negative number is a negative number. minus X plus minus Y equals minus(X + Y).
A negative plus a negative equals a bigger negative number.
Note that adding a negative number is equivalent to subtracting a positive number, so 13 + -8 is the same as 13 - 8 which equals 5.
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It is a negative if the negative number has the higher absolute value and positive if the positive number has the higher absolute value.
A negative plus a negative equals a negative.
A negative plus a negative equals a negative because the operation you're doing is equivalent to subtraction. If you wrote down a sum "negative 3 plus negative 7" it would look like this: -3+-7 which is the same as -3-7 Whenever you add a negative number you are actually taking more away, and this is why a negative plus a negative equals a negative - You start with a negative number, and are taking even more away, so you will only ever end up with a negative number.
You minus it off the original negative number, so if it was -5 plus -2 it equals -7