-7
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3
If you add a negative number to a positive number, then it's pretty much subtraction. For instance, -5 + 7 is the same as 7-5.
-7
-7+8 is a positive number that equals 1, but -78 is a negative number because it has a negative sign.
negative
negative number
3
Subtracting a negative number is the same as adding a positive number. Also, adding a negative number is the same as subtracting a positive number. -7 + (-5) = -7 - 5 = -12 -7 - (-5) = -7 + 5 = -2
The sum of two numbers that equals -7 can be represented as x + y = -7. In this case, x and y are two numbers that when added together result in -7. These numbers could be -10 and 3, or -5 and -2, as long as their sum equals -7.
A negative number subtracted by a positive number will always end up negative.
The expression "negative 8 minus 7" can be simplified as -8 - 7. To subtract a positive number from a negative number, you can add the opposite. Therefore, -8 - 7 is the same as -8 + (-7), which equals -15.
A negative number added to a negative number will always come out negative.
Negative 6 minus 1 is equal to negative 7. When subtracting a positive number from a negative number, you essentially add the additive inverse of the positive number to the negative number. In this case, the additive inverse of 1 is -1, so -6 + (-1) = -7.
It always is a negative number. The result will be the sum of the two digits with a minus sign in front of it, eg, (-4) - (+7) = -4 - 7 = -11.