How do you subtract a negative number from a negative number?

Answer 1

It´s like adding them.

You pretend that the second number is a positive number and then you add the two numbers together.

For example:

(-7) - (-2) = -7 + 2 = -5

(-2) - (-7) = -2 + 7 = 5

Answer 2

Subtracting from a negative number would make the number a bigger negative. For example. If we have the number -10. And are told to subtract 5 from -10. We have -10 - 5 = -15.