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Does a negative number subtract a positive number equal a negative number?
Yes.
What happens when you subtract a negative from a posotive?
Subtracting a negative is like adding a positive; the result will be positive.
What does negative plus positive equal to?
In math when you are given a negative and a positive number, you should write down the sign of the greatest number and subtract the smaller number from the greatest number. In the problem 3 - 9, three is the positive number, and nine is the negative number. This means you should write down the negative number's sign and subtract 3 from 9, and your answer should be -6.
Why does negative and negative equal positive?
A negative and a negative does NOT equal positive.For example(-7) + (-7) = -14 which is not positive!
What is negative subtracted by a positive?
The Answer could be neither positive nor negative because the positivve could be bigger than the negative or the neagative could be bigger than the positive
Subtract Integer- what does positive 4 subtract positive 7 equal?
-3
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.
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.
Does a negative number subtract a positive number equal a negative number?
Yes.
What is your positive and negative?
positive is to add and negative is to subtract in math
Do you subtract when its a negative plus a positive?
No, you add the positive to the negative.
What is the sum of a negative integer from a positive integer?
subtract the negative from the positive
What do you do when subtracting a positive and a negative?
If you subtract a negative from a positive, add both of their absolute values. If you subtract a positive from a negative, add both of their absolute values and multiply by negative one.
What is positive 90 plus -20 equal to?
70
Why do 2 negatives equal a positive?
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.
Do 2 positive numbers make a positive answer?
Often, but not always. It depends upon what you do with them. If the numbers are not equal, and you subtract the larger from the smaller, the answer will be negative.
What is the answer if you subtract positive twentyseven from negative sixtynine?
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.
