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When adding a positive number to a negative number what is a good rule for determining the sign of the sum?
If the negative number is a bigger number, the answer will be negative. Conversely, if the positive number is bigger, the answer will be positive. -20+10= -10 (larger negative number) -10+20=10 (larger positive number)
What is 10 minus negative 20?
10 minus -20 is 30.
What could you subtract from the number 10 to get an answer that is bigger than 10?
If you subtract a negative number from another number, you always get a bigger number. That is because minus a minus is a plus So you could subtract any negative number from 10 and answer is bigger than 10.
What is 10 minus 20?
Negative 10
Is 10 to the negative 2 power bigger than 10 to the negative 5 power?
Yes. 10^-2 = 1/(10^2) = 1/100, 10^-5 = 1/100000
When adding a positive number to a negative number what is a good rule for determining the sign of the sum?
If the negative number is a bigger number, the answer will be negative. Conversely, if the positive number is bigger, the answer will be positive. -20+10= -10 (larger negative number) -10+20=10 (larger positive number)
What is the answer to a positive plus a negative?
The answer depends on the numbers. For example; -10+7=(-3) because, if you take off the negative sign, 10 is the bigger number so you keep its sign. Now if it was 20+(-10)=10 because 20 is the bigger number.
Which is bigger -3 or -20?
17
Is negative 10 bigger than negative 2?
No, it is not.
What is 10 minus negative 20?
10 minus -20 is 30.
What is halfway between negative 20 and 10?
(10-20)/2 = -10/2 = negative 5
What could you subtract from the number 10 to get an answer that is bigger than 10?
If you subtract a negative number from another number, you always get a bigger number. That is because minus a minus is a plus So you could subtract any negative number from 10 and answer is bigger than 10.
What is two multiplied by negative 10?
a negative times positive is negative 2 times negative 10 = negative 20
What is 10 minus 20?
Negative 10
What is 20 plus 10?
30 or -10 if the 20 is negative.
What is 20 -30?
10
What is negative 10 minus 10 equal?
(-10) - 10 = -20
