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when youre adding negative numbers, you add them and put a negative sign (ex: -6 + -5=-11)
when you add negative and positive numbers(ex: -9 + 7) you subtract the numbers and take the sign of the bigger number (9-7=2, so the answer is -2 because the bigger number, 9, is negative
when you subtract 2 negative numbers you add them together and put a negative sign
when you subtract a neg. number and a pos. number (ex: -8 - 3) you add the numbers but the 3 becomes negative so the problem becomes -8 + -3. the answer is -11
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How do you substract negative numbers?
Subtracting negative numbers is exactly the same as adding the positive number.
What is equivalent to adding a negative number?
Subtracting its additive inverse. (In principle, this is valid for adding positive numbers as well.)
How is adding to negative integers the same as and different from subtracting two positive integers?
No- adding negative numbers is like adding positive numbesr , except the answer is negative.
What are the rules for adding and subtracting integers?
when you add two positive integers the answer is always positive when you add two negative integers the answer is positive when you add one negative and on positive integer, the answer is negative subtracting two negative numbers gets a negative answer subtracting two positive numbers- the answer depends subtracting a negative and positive number- the answer depends, the positive number would have to be bigger than the negative to achieve a negative number, and if the positive number is less, than the answer is still negative
What is adding and subtracting integers?
Integers are whole numbers, both positive and negative. Therefore, adding and subtracting integers would be adding and subtracting whole numbers. Examples: 8+2 -8+2 8-2 -8-2
