it would go like this. say ur using 4 and -4 ok
4--4 u cant do that so u change it into this 4+4 = 8
if ur subtracting a positve from a negative it turns into an addition problem hoped that helps
adding and subtracting negative and positive numbers is easy if you really try! first you check if the numbers are positive or negative if they are both negative or positive (-4-5=-9,+5+4=+9) then you add If they are different then you subtract and keep the sign of the bigger number(-5+4=-1,+5-4=+1).Now try a few for yourself : -10+5,-15-4,+5+9,+19-5. GOOD LUCK AND DON'T GIVE UP!! :) p.s.dont make fun because i am only 13 :P
Subtracting a negative is the same as adding. For example: 5 - (-7) = 5 + 7 or 12 Think of it as similar to the English language. When I say 'He doesn't not have at least 5 cents", (ignoring the obvious grammatical error) it would be the same as saying 'He has at least 5 cents"
Think of a number line with 0 in the middle. A negative integer (-3) makes you go back 3 on the number line. Now if you add a positive integer (2) you go forward two integers, landing on -1.
If you are adding two negatives, the negatives cancel out and you get a positive number. In math, two wrongs make a right!
Its the double negative principle minus a negative = plus a positive
4 - (-4) = 4 + 4 = 8
The negative sign will change to a positive sign when subtracting negative numbers from positive numbers so you will simply add them together.
To subtract a negative from a positive to 2 minus signs go together.
For example 12-(-3) becomes 12+3. (brackets aren't necessary but make it easier to understand.
positive is to add and negative is to subtract in math
No, you add the positive to the negative.
If you subtract a negative from a positive, add both of their absolute values. If you subtract a positive from a negative, add both of their absolute values and multiply by negative one.
subtract the negative from the positive
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.
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.
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It can be a negative or positive fraction, a negative or positive integer, or zero.
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That is correct. If you subtract a positive number from a negative number, your result is negative.
Subtracting a negative is like adding a positive; the result will be positive.
That is correct. If you subtract a positive number from a negative number, your result is negative.