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If the positive number is bigger than the absolute value of the negative number, yes. But if the positive number is smaller, the result is negative. And if the positive number is equal to the absolute value of the negative number, your answer will be 0.
The absolute value of a number is the number without the negative sign. So, for example, the absolute value of -3 is 3 and the absolute value of -10 is 10.
Depends on the modular size of the numbers.
Hence -11 + 5 = -6
However,
11 - 5 = 6
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What does a positive number plus a negative number equal?
A negative number.
Does a negetive number plus a positive number equal a negetive number?
Not necessarily. A negative number plus a positive number can be negative, zero or positive.
Dose a negative number plus a negative number equal a positive number?
No. The sum of two negative numbers will always be a negative number. If, however, you multiply the numbers, their product will be positive.
Does a negative plus a positive equal a positive?
No it equals negative. (-)+(+)=(-)
Why does two minuses equal a plus?
A negative number is the opposite of a positive number. If a positive number measures the money you have, then a negative number measures the money you owe. If you multiply two negative numbers together, you are getting the opposite of an opposite. One negative negates the other, leaving you with a positive.
Positive plus negative is equal to?
Negative answer if the negative number is bigger. Positive answer if the positive number is bigger.
What does a positive number plus a negative number equal?
A negative number.
Does a negetive number plus a positive number equal a negetive number?
Not necessarily. A negative number plus a positive number can be negative, zero or positive.
Why does a negative number plus a negative number equal a positive number?
It does not. A negative number multiplied by a negative number equals a positive number.
Does a negative number plus a positive number equal a positive or a negative number like -8 7?
yes
Why does a positive number minus a negative number equal a positive number?
Because minus a negative number is equivalent to plus a positive number. So, in effect, you have a positive number plus a positive number and that is going to be positive.
Does a negative number plus a negative number equal a positive or a negative number?
It could equal both a negagtive number or a positive number. To get a definite positive or negative you times or divide. Well in addition and subtraction negative plus a negative equals a bigger negative. Kinda like -4+-4 =-8, but in multiplication and division 2 negatives equal a positive. -2 times-2 =positive 4.
Can a negative number plus a negative number equal a positive?
No. It can only become even more negative.
Does a neg number plus a neg number equal a positive number?
No it will not.A negative number plus a negative number will be a number further from zero - even more negative!
Does a negative plus a negative number equal a positive number?
Yes. -4 times -3 = 12
Dose a negative number plus a negative number equal a positive number?
No. The sum of two negative numbers will always be a negative number. If, however, you multiply the numbers, their product will be positive.
Does a negative number plus a negative number equal a positive or a negative?
Negative. Adding a negative is the same as subtracting a positive. -2 + -3= -2 - 3= -5, not 1
