Yes.
That is correct. If you subtract a positive number from a negative number, your result is negative.
12
The negative number (-x) is first entered, then the rest. -x -(-y) When you subtract a negative, the minus and the negative cancel out, meaning you add.
Subtract negative 3.
5
Yes.
-3
That is correct. If you subtract a positive number from a negative number, your result is negative.
That is correct. If you subtract a positive number from a negative number, your result is negative.
12
A negative.
If you subtract positive twenty-seven from negative sixty-nine, you would get negative forty-two. You simply subtract the 27 from the 69 but leave the negative sign.
On the number line if you subtract a positive you move left. If you add a positive you move right. If add a negative you move left. If you subtract a negative you move right. That is just how I learned it. I don't know a wordy explanation.
-5
The negative number (-x) is first entered, then the rest. -x -(-y) When you subtract a negative, the minus and the negative cancel out, meaning you add.
Subtract negative 3.