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What is the answer to six times a number plus eight equals five times the same number minus five?
The number is -13.
What is a positive minus a negative number?
"Minus a negative number" is the same as "plus a positive number" so you have a positive plus a positive number - making a bigger positive number.
What is 2 times a number minus 17 plus 20 times a number minus 9?
2 times a number minus 17 plus 20 times a number minus 9 is the same as 2x - 17 + 20x - 9 = 22x - 26
What number plus what same number equals 1?
0.5+0.5= 1.
Why do you use subtraction when you add a positive integer and a negative integer?
Because adding a negative is the same as subtracting a positive. In other words, minus a plus is he same as plus a minus. For example 5+ (-3) = 5-3 = +2 5 -(+3) = 5-3 = +2 Remember minus a plus = = minus plus a minus = minus plus a plus = plus minus a minus = plus
What plus what equals 450 that is the same number?
225
What is the answer to six times a number plus eight equals five times the same number minus five?
The number is -13.
Does plus minus mean plus?
Same mathematical signs equal plus Different mathematical signs equal minus Plus Plus = Plus (+)(+) = + Minus Minus = Plus (-)(-) = + Plus Minus = Minus (+)(-) = - Minus Plus = Minus (-)(+) = - So the direct answer to your question would be: plus minus equals minus
What does -7 plus 10 equals?
-7 plus 10 is the same as 10 minus 7, which is 3.
What is 18 minus a negative 18?
When subtracting a negative number, you can think of it as adding the positive equivalent. In this case, 18 minus a negative 18 is the same as 18 plus 18, which equals 36. This is because subtracting a negative number is equivalent to adding its positive counterpart.
9x-3x minus 12 plus 10 equals 2x plus 18 plus 4x-20?
this is the same as 6x - 2 = 6x - 2! There are an infinite number of possibilities for "x".
What is a positive minus a negative number?
"Minus a negative number" is the same as "plus a positive number" so you have a positive plus a positive number - making a bigger positive number.
What is 2 times a number minus 17 plus 20 times a number minus 9?
2 times a number minus 17 plus 20 times a number minus 9 is the same as 2x - 17 + 20x - 9 = 22x - 26
Can you explain why subtracting an integer is adding its opposite?
plus times plus = plus minus times plus = minus plus times minus = minus minus times minus = plus so when you subtract a number it is the same as adding its negative; for example 7 - 4 = 3 7 + (1)(-4) = 3
If you have a product of two numbers and you find the product of the opposites of the numbers you get the same result.?
yes. An opposite number is the negative of a positive number, for example -5 and +5 are opposite numbers. Since minus x plus is minus and plus x minus is minus and plus x plus is plus and minus x minus is plus then the product of opposites is the same.
What is forty eight minus negative twelve?
When you minus a negative number it is the same as adding a positive number, since minus a negative number is a plus. So 48 minus (-12) is 48 + 12 = 60
Why -2 times minus 2 equals plus 4?
When you multiply two negative numbers together, the result is a positive number. This is because each negative number can be thought of as the opposite of a positive number. So, when you multiply -2 by -2, you are essentially finding the product of the opposite of 2 and the opposite of 2, which results in a positive 4.
