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What is the rule for subtracting negative and positive numbers?
Two signs. When adding positive numbers, count to the right. When subtracting positive numbers, count to the left. When subtracting negative numbers, count to the right.
What equals a negative and a positive?
When you have two negative signs, one turns over, and they add together to make a positive. If you have a positive and a negative, there is one dash left over, and the answer is negative.
Is negative negative equal positive?
Rule 3: A negative number times a negative number, equals a positive number. If you look at it on the number line, walking backwards while facing in the negative direction, you move in the positive direction. For example. -2 x -4 are both negative, so we know the answer is going to be positive.
Why is a minus and a minus a plus?
Originally Answered: Why does a minus to minus become a plus? When you negate a number, you are finding the value that, when added to the original number, yields 0. That value is called the additive inverse for that reason. When the original number is positive, its additive inverse is negative.
What is a positive plus a positive equal?
A positive plus a positive equals a positive . Add two negative numbers -6+-9= -15 (neg+ neg= neg) -11+-6= -17 (neg+ neg= neg)
What does a negative and a positive equal?
Rule 2: A negative number times a positive number equals a negative number. When you multiply a negative number to a positive number, your answer is a negative number. It doesn’t matter which order the positive and negative numbers are in that you are multiplying, the answer is always a negative number. The answer is -2 x 4 = -8.
What happens when you subtract a negative?
When subtracting negative fractions, you are, in effect, adding the positive complement of the negative fraction you are subtracting, because subtracting a negative number or fraction is the same as adding the positive of that negative fraction or number. The two consecutive negative signs “cancel out” to give a positive sign.
What does negative times a negative equal?
A negative times a negative equals a positive . A negative times a positive equals a negative. A negative divided by a negative equals a positive. A negative divided by a positive equals a negative. A negative minus a negative depends on which number is bigger for the sign.