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How do add negative and positive numbers?
-- write the difference between the numbers without regard for their signs -- give the difference the same sign as the original number with the greater size
How do you add a positive and a negative number?
-- Ignore the signs. -- Find the difference between the two numbers. -- Give it the sign of the larger original number.
When multiplying numbers what do you do with the positive and negative signs?
Negative * positive = negative Positive * positive = positive Negative * negative = positive
When dividing a positive number by a positive number the quotient is?
The answer is always positive. If the signs are the same (positive by positive, negative by negative), then the quotient is always positive. If the signs are different (positive by negative, negative by positive), then the quotient is always negative.
Do you change anything to a problem if it is a negative and a positive?
When adding or subtracting a negative and a positive number, you treat it as two separate operations. First, you find the difference between the two numbers ignoring the signs. Then, you assign the sign of the larger number to the result. For example, when adding -5 and 3, you find the difference (5) and assign the negative sign to get -2 as the result.
