0
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
When you subtract a negative from a positive is that a gain or loss?
When you subtract a negative number from a positive number, it is equivalent to adding the two numbers together. Therefore, it is a gain.
What two numbers can you multiply to get 36 but subtract to equal 24?
12
When is the exponent negative?
When you subtract it from a bigger exponent of another number by dividing two numbers with exponents.
How do you subtract the positive from the negative?
Add the absolute values of the two numbers, then put on a negative sign. For example: -7-3=-(7+3)=-10
How do you know whether you should add or subtract the value of the two numbers?
By the signs: 2+2(Add) 2-2(Subtract) +=add -=subtract
Can you subtract two positive numbers and get a negative number?
Yes
Is the difference of two whole numbers always a whole number?
No. You can subtract two whole numbers and get a negative result. Whole numbers can't be negative.
How do you subtract two negative numbers?
2 negatives make a positive
When you subtract a negative from a positive is that a gain or loss?
When you subtract a negative number from a positive number, it is equivalent to adding the two numbers together. Therefore, it is a gain.
What two numbers can you multiply to get 36 but subtract to equal 24?
12
When is the exponent negative?
When you subtract it from a bigger exponent of another number by dividing two numbers with exponents.
What do you get when you subtract a negative and a positive?
You get the difference between the sizes of the two numbers without regard for their sign, and the difference has the same sign as the larger of the two original numbers.
How do you subtract the positive from the negative?
Add the absolute values of the two numbers, then put on a negative sign. For example: -7-3=-(7+3)=-10
Are two negative numbers equal to zero?
Never. The sum of two negative numbers is a negative number with a value less than either of them, e.g. (-1) + (-2) = (-3) Adding two negative numbers is the same as adding their positive absolute values, and expressing the sum as a negative. If the two negative numbers are the same, and you subtract one from the other, the result is 0. e.g. (-2) - (-2) is the same as (-2) + 2 , which equals 0.
How do you know whether you should add or subtract the value of the two numbers?
By the signs: 2+2(Add) 2-2(Subtract) +=add -=subtract
Why does a negative number minus a positive equals a negative?
take any negative number, and subtract a positive number..that is the same as adding a negative number and two negative numbers added together are a negative number.
Why are different whole numbers not always a whole number?
Different whole numbers are always whole numbers, but I suspect you meant to ask about the difference between whole numbers. You can subtract two whole numbers and get a negative result. Whole numbers can't be negative.
