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Does a negetive number plus a positive number equal a negetive number?
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∙ 14y ago
Not necessarily. A negative number plus a positive number can be negative, zero or positive.
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What is a positive plus a positive equal?
Rules of operators additon and multiplication (+) + (+) = + (+) + (-) OR (-)+(+)= sign of bigger number (-) + (-) = -(operation is addition but sign is -) (+) * (+) = + (-) * (-) = + (+) * (-) OR (-)*(+)= -
What does a positive number plus a negative number equal?
A negative number.
Does a positive and a positive equal a positive?
Yes, a positive plus a positive and a positive times a positive both equal a positive.
Why is minus plus minus equal to a positive number?
A minus plus a minus is not necessarily positive. A minus multiplied by a minus is. The reason being that the minus of a minus is a positive. It's a double negative.
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.
What is a positive plus a positive equal?
Rules of operators additon and multiplication (+) + (+) = + (+) + (-) OR (-)+(+)= sign of bigger number (-) + (-) = -(operation is addition but sign is -) (+) * (+) = + (-) * (-) = + (+) * (-) OR (-)*(+)= -
What is negative 3 plus positive 1?
Negetive 2
What does a positive plus an positive numebr equal?
Another positive number.
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.
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.
What is negative 3 plus positive 2?
The answer you are looking for is negetive 1, (-1)
Does a negative number plus a positive number equal a positive or a negative number like -8 7?
yes
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.
What does a negative number plus a positive number equal eg 4 plus plus 8?
(-4) + (+8) is +4
What does a negative number plus a positive number equal?
In this case, it would depend on how high thepositive number is. for example: negative 10 plus positive 12 would equal positive 2 because the ten negative numbers would cancel out ten of the positive twelve numbers. So the answer would be a positive number but ONLY IF you could take the sign away from the number and the positive number was higher.
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.
