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Does a negative number subtract a positive number equal a negative number?
Yes.
Does a negative number minus a positive equal a negative?
That is correct. If you subtract a positive number from a negative number, your result is negative.
When you subtract a negative by a negative what do you get?
depends if the first number is bigger than the second number than it is a 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.
When you subtract a negative number from another negative number do you get a positive or a negative number?
always a negative number. just think about going backwards on a number line.
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