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if you subtract a negative from a positive, you get a positive. subtracting a negative number is like addition, because the subtraction of a "negative," or opposite, results in a "double negative..." For example, 2 - (-5) = 7. It is no coincidence that a "negative" sign and a "subtraction" sign look the same...THEY MEAN THE SAME THING. In terms of money, with which we are all familiar, subtracting a negative is like subtracting a debt. For example, if you borrow $50 to buy a game, your account balance is "-50" because you owe that much money. However, if you pay off $5 a week, after the first week, you've subtracted $5 from the debt that you owe... - 50 - (-5) = 45. Even if you need to rewrite the subtraction problem so that it appears as an addition problem (then to which you can apply the rules for adding numbers with like & different signs), change the subtraction sign to addition, and switch the sign of the second number. {Ex: 2 - (-8) = 2 + (+8) = 10}. Pretend you're in English class... we even use "double negatives" in our everyday speech, where we negate what was just said... Ex: "we will not be having 'no homework tonight.'") In other words, sharpen your pencils, because there is, indeed, an assignment. When subtracting a negative, it's like taking the "opposite of the opposite..." which has you winding up right where you started... the opposite of a negative is a positive, so you add the positive number
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What do you get when you subtract a negative integer from a positive integer?
You will get a positive integer. If you subtract a negative number, you will be adding it. I think of it like 2 minuses equals a plus. :P
How do you add positive and negative fractions?
-- Remember which one was positive and which was negative, then forget about the signs.-- Write down the one that was positive-- Subtract from it the one that was negative(Notice that if the negative one was bigger, then the answer will be negative.)
Can you subtract two positive numbers and get a negative number?
Yes
When you subtract a negative by a positive what does it make?
If you mean when you subtract a negative from a positive what does it make? If so, you will get a positive answer. This is because the two negative symbols are basically multiplied, and if you multiply two negatives you get a positive, so a positive number minus a negative number becomes a positive number plus a positive number. 6 - (-5) = 11 2 - (-10) = 12 125 - (-15) = 140
What is the logical reasoning behind why subtracting a negative integer makes it positive?
When subtracting negative integers, one can relate it to the overall attitude of a room. If a room contains a number of people of positive and negative attitude you can get rid of people (or subtract people) with negative attitudes to make the overall attitude of the room more positive. If you subtract a negative integer it makes it positive.
What is your positive and negative?
positive is to add and negative is to subtract in math
Do you subtract when its a negative plus a positive?
No, you add the positive to the negative.
What do you do when subtracting a positive and a negative?
If you subtract a negative from a positive, add both of their absolute values. If you subtract a positive from a negative, add both of their absolute values and multiply by negative one.
What is the sum of a negative integer from a positive integer?
subtract the negative from the positive
What is the answer if you subtract positive twentyseven from negative sixtynine?
If you subtract positive twenty-seven from negative sixty-nine, you would get negative forty-two. You simply subtract the 27 from the 69 but leave the negative sign.
How do you subtract a positive number by a negative number?
A little awkwardly phrased, so I'll answer both ways. To subtract a negative from anything, add its positive. To subtract a positive from a negative, the equation is treated as though you are adding two postives, the result is negative.
Subtract Integer- what does positive 4 subtract positive 7 equal?
-3
When you subtract two fraction the answer is?
It can be a negative or positive fraction, a negative or positive integer, or zero.
Does a negative number minus a positive equal a negative?
That is correct. If you subtract a positive number from a negative number, your result is negative.
How to subtract negative and positive numbers?
6
What happens when you subtract a negative from a posotive?
Subtracting a negative is like adding a positive; the result will be positive.
Does a negative minus a number equal a positive?
That is correct. If you subtract a positive number from a negative number, your result is negative.
