Negative 12 minus 3 plus 9 is equal to -6
6
When you minus a negative number it is the same as adding a positive number, since minus a negative number is a plus. So 48 minus (-12) is 48 + 12 = 60
-12
Seventy plus negative 12, or seventy minus 12 (same thing) is equal to 58.
Negative 18 minus positive 12 is negative 30.
-4 minus -12 is 8.
-12 minus -6 is -6
Negative 8 minus 12 is negative 20.
-12 * * * * * Wrong! -4 minus -8 = -4 + 8 = +4
13 + -12 - 5 = -4 13 + -12 = 1 - 5 = -4
negative 24