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When adding a positive number to a negative number why do you always get a positive number?
-5+-3 = -8 ++ Add -- Add +- Subtract -+ Subtract
When you subtract a negative from a positive is that a gain or loss?
When you subtract a negative number from a positive number, it is equivalent to adding the two numbers together. Therefore, it is a gain.
How do you subtract a positive number by a negative number?
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.
What happen when you subtract a positive number from a negative number?
the number gets lower
Does a negative number subtract a positive number equal a negative number?
Yes.
How do you subtract a positive number froma positive number?
With a calculator.
When adding a positive number to a negative number why do you always get a positive number?
-5+-3 = -8 ++ Add -- Add +- Subtract -+ Subtract
Do you add or subtract when you have a negative number and a positive?
Subtract and add the sign of the greater number.
What happens when you subtract a positive number from a negative number?
It's the same as adding a positive number.
How do you subtract a negative number from a positive number?
you subtract the numbers then he higher number to start out with is the awnser. example: negative 3 - positive 7= 3-7=4 the higher number is 7 so i is positive. the final answer is positive 4
What happens when you subtract a negative number from a positive number?
It's the same as adding a positive number.
When you subtract integers do you always move left on a number line?
No.If you subtract a positive number, you move to the left.If you subtract a negative number, you move to the right.
When you subtract a negative from a positive is that a gain or loss?
When you subtract a negative number from a positive number, it is equivalent to adding the two numbers together. Therefore, it is a gain.
Does a negative minus a number equal a positive?
That is correct. If you subtract a positive number from a negative number, your result is negative.
How do you subtract a positive number by a negative number?
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.
What happen when you subtract a positive number from a negative number?
the number gets lower
Does a negative number subtract a positive number equal a negative number?
Yes.
