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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
When you subtract integers do you always move left 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.
Can you subtract two positive numbers and get a negative number?
Yes
Why do 2 negatives equal a positive?
On the number line if you subtract a positive you move left. If you add a positive you move right. If add a negative you move left. If you subtract a negative you move right. That is just how I learned it. I don't know a wordy explanation.
When you subtract a negative integer from another integer is the difference greater than or less than the original?
To subtract a negative number is equivalent to adding a positive number. Two negatives multiplied make a positive.
How do you subtract a positive number from a positive number?
to subtract a positive integer :move LEFT. The answer will get smaller
Subtract Integer- what does positive 4 subtract positive 7 equal?
-3
Do you subtract when its a negative plus a positive?
No, you add the positive to the negative.
What is your positive and negative?
positive is to add and negative is to subtract in math
How do you subtract a positive number froma positive number?
With a calculator.
When adding a positive number to a negative number why do you always get a positive number?
-5+-3 = -8 ++ Add -- Add +- Subtract -+ Subtract
What is the sum of a negative integer from a positive integer?
subtract the negative from the positive
When you subtract a negative integer from a positive integer do you get a positive integer?
yes
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.
Do you add or subtract when you have a negative number and a positive?
Subtract and add the sign of the greater number.
When you subtract a positive integer from a positive integer do you get a positive integer?
Not necessarily, for example: If you subtract 3 from 4, then you get +1. But if you subtract 4 from 3, you get -1. The answer will always be an integer, but you cannot make a general statement about the sign, without knowing more information.
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.
