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make it a '+ negative number'.
Example: 6 - 7 = -1
6 + (-7) = -1
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Do you have to line up the decimal?
in a multiplication problem, you don't have to. in addition & subtraction, you do
Why when subtracting a negative number must you change the subtraction sign to an addition sign?
Because a negative negative is the same a a positive, and because of the definition of subtraction and addition.
Write down a word problem using addition and subtraction?
3-3=0
What comes first in pemdas addition or subtraction?
d-a-s division-addition-subtraction
What do you call the answer to subtraction problem?
The answer in a subtraction problem is difference.
Is sum part of addition or subtraction?
addition Sum is the result of an addition problem. Difference is the result of a subtraction problem.
What is a result of a subtraction problem?
Subtraction, like addition, results in a sum.
How can a subtraction problem be turned into a addition problem?
When you have a negative number after the subtraction sign it turns in to addition. For example +7 - (-7) = 14 and (-7) - 7 = (-14)
In x - 3 does absolute value change the subtraction into addition?
no, the absolute value does not change the subtraction into addition. it does however, change the difference to positive ( if the difference is negative)
Is sum and difference the same?
No. The sum is the answer to an addition problem. The difference is the answer to a subtraction problem.
What is another word for the answer to an subtraction problem?
Answer for an addition problem= sum. Answer for a subtraction problem= difference. Answer for a multiplication problem= product. Answer for a division problem= quotient.
What is the math word for the answer to a subtraction problem?
multiplication - product division - quotient addition - summation subtraction - difference
What is the answer called to a mutiplucation problem?
A multiplication problem's answer is called a product. For a addition or subtraction problem it is called a sum.
Do you have to line up the decimal?
in a multiplication problem, you don't have to. in addition & subtraction, you do
Does addition and subtraction of vectors obey the commutative law?
Addition does. Subtraction, just as with numbers: a - b is not equal to b - a, but you can change a - b to -b + a.Addition does. Subtraction, just as with numbers: a - b is not equal to b - a, but you can change a - b to -b + a.Addition does. Subtraction, just as with numbers: a - b is not equal to b - a, but you can change a - b to -b + a.Addition does. Subtraction, just as with numbers: a - b is not equal to b - a, but you can change a - b to -b + a.
What is the order of math?
P.E.M.D.A.S is how i remember it Parentheses Exponent Multiplication Division Addition Subtraction also, whichever comes first in the problem goes first, but this only works with multiplication and division and also addition and subtraction but only multiplication with division and addition with subtraction
Why when subtracting a negative number must you change the subtraction sign to an addition sign?
Because a negative negative is the same a a positive, and because of the definition of subtraction and addition.
