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Q: Is a negative number added to a negative number positive or negative?
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When a positive number and a negative number are added together the sum is if the positive number has a greater value?

If a positive and negative number are added together, and the positive number has a greater value, the sum will be positive.


Does a negative number added to another negative number equal a negative or positive?

a negative


What do a positive and negative equal?

A positive number added to a negative number may be either positive or negative depending on the magnititude ( absolute value) of the numbers. But a positive number multiplied by a negative number is always negative.


Does a positive number minus a negative number equal a positive number or a negative number?

Positive. A negative number added to a positive would reduce the original to a smaller positive, to zero, or to a negative depending on their relative values but subtracting a negative number from a positive number will always increase the value of the positive.


What does a positive number added by a negative number equal?

The sum of a positive number and a negative number can be either negative or positive. 9 + -3 = 6 9 + -13 = -4


What two negative numbers added together equal positive 7?

A negative number added to a negative number will always come out negative.


Why does a negative number minus a positive equals a negative?

take any negative number, and subtract a positive number..that is the same as adding a negative number and two negative numbers added together are a negative number.


What is a positive number added to a negative number?

It all depends on the numbers, it could be positive or negative depending on which is further from zero.


marissa subtracted a negative number from a positive number. her result was negative. is that reasonable?

No. When you subtract negative numbers, they have the same effect as if you added a positive number. In this scenario as described, the only result would be a positive number.


Is a negative number added by a postitive number a negative number?

sometimes... if the negative number is bigger than a positive number, than the answer is negative. if the positive number is bigger than a negative number, then the answer is positive. if they are the same, then the answer is zero. here is a helpful hint. -x+y is the same as y-x.


When you add a positive number by a positive number is the number negative or positive?

Positive numbers always result in positive numbers when added, divided, or multiplied by another positive number.


What are the rules fr multiplication and divisions of integers?

(positive number) x (positive number) = positive number (positive number)/(positive number) = positive number (positive number) x ( negative number) = negative number (positive number)/( negative number) = negative number (negative number) x (negative number) = positive number (negative number)/(negative number) = positive number