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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.
What does a positive number plus a negative number equal?
A negative number.
What is a negitive plus a negitive?
A negative plus a negative is a negative because a negative plus a negative is the same thing as a negative minus a positive number.
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 are the rules for adding numbers whose signs are different?
Positive plus positive is positive. Negative plus negative is negative. Positive plus negative is positive if the absolute value of the positive number is greater than the absolute value of the negative one. Positive plus negative is negative if the absolute value of the negative number is greater than the absolute value of the positive one.
