No.If you subtract a positive number, you move to the left.If you subtract a negative number, you move to the right.
take any negative number, and subtract a positive number..that is the same as adding a negative number and two negative numbers added together are a negative number.
To subtract a negative number, you must change the subtraction sign to an addition sign, then make the second number its opposite. Ex. (-9)-(-13) (-9)+(+13)=4
Yes
if you want to subtract a bigger number from a smaller one, first subtract smaller number from bigger one add negative sign in front of answer you got
Yes.
Subtract and add the sign of the greater number.
That is correct. If you subtract a positive number from a negative number, your result is negative.
You have to take the negative sign away from the negative number and add them.
That is correct. If you subtract a positive number from a negative number, your result is negative.
depends if the first number is bigger than the second number than it is a negative
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.
The answer to the problem is -40. When you subtract a larger number from a smaller number, the result is a negative number.
always a negative number. just think about going backwards on a number line.
No.If you subtract a positive number, you move to the left.If you subtract a negative number, you move to the right.
When you subtract a negative number from a positive number, it is equivalent to adding the two numbers together. Therefore, it is a gain.
If you subtract a negative number from another number, you always get a bigger number. That is because minus a minus is a plus So you could subtract any negative number from 10 and answer is bigger than 10.