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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.
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