Subtracting Negative Numbers — Rules & Examples
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- (It's essentially adding a positive number) When you add a negative number, it's essentially subtraction. When you subtract a negative number, it works a lot like addition. This…
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- Subtracting a negative always makes a number worth more When you subtract a negative number from a negative number, the resulting number will be more than the original negative.…
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- Adding a Positive Is the Same as Subtracting a Negative When you add a positive integer, or subtract a negative, you are moving up (to the right) on the number line. Let’s take …
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Problems 66
- What is −5+7−4+(−15)-5+7-4+(-15)−5+7−4+(−15)?
- What is −4+7-4+7−4+7?
- What is −10+14+(−8)-10+14+(-8)−10+14+(−8)?
- What is 1+(−2)+3+(−4)+51+(-2)+3+(-4)+51+(−2)+3+(−4)+5?
- What is −13+7-13+7−13+7?
- What is −11−18+22-11-18+22−11−18+22?
- What is 14+(−2)+214+(-2)+214+(−2)+2?
- What is 6−(−5)6-(-5)6−(−5)?
- What is 15−(−11)15-(-11)15−(−11)?
- What is 9−(−33)9-(-33)9−(−33)?
- What is 7−(−14)−(−10)7-(-14)-(-10)7−(−14)−(−10)?
- What is 9−(−18)−(−16)9-(-18)-(-16)9−(−18)−(−16)?
- What is 25−(−10)−(−15)25-(-10)-(-15)25−(−10)−(−15)?
- What is 14−(−11)−(−19)−(−14)−(−17)14-(-11)-(-19)-(-14)-(-17)14−(−11)−(−19)−(−14)−(−17)
- What is 5−(−20)5-(-20)5−(−20)?
- What is 3−(−14)3-(-14)3−(−14)?
- What is 6−(−25)6-(-25)6−(−25)?
- What is 6−(−14)−(−2)6-(-14)-(-2)6−(−14)−(−2)?
- What is 10−(−9)−(−16)10-(-9)-(-16)10−(−9)−(−16)?
- What is 4−(−14)−(−18)4-(-14)-(-18)4−(−14)−(−18)?
- What is 5−(−13)−(−20)−(−18)−(−24)5-(-13)-(-20)-(-18)-(-24)5−(−13)−(−20)−(−18)−(−24)?
- What is −13−(−5)-13-(-5)−13−(−5)?
- What is −17−(−11)-17-(-11)−17−(−11)?
- What is −8−(−9)-8-(-9)−8−(−9)?
- What is −21−(−9)−(−17)-21-(-9)-(-17)−21−(−9)−(−17)?
- What is −8−(−3)−(−11)-8-(-3)-(-11)−8−(−3)−(−11)?
- What is −14−(−12)−(−22)-14-(-12)-(-22)−14−(−12)−(−22)?
- What is −22−(−13)−(−5)−(−7)−(−6)-22-(-13)-(-5)-(-7)-(-6)−22−(−13)−(−5)−(−7)−(−6)
- Evaluate −3−(−12)-3-(-12)−3−(−12).
- Evaluate 10.446−(−64.11)10.446-(-64.11)10.446−(−64.11) as a decimal.
- What is 9−(−18)+[−(14−23)]9-(-18)+[-(14-23)]9−(−18)+[−(14−23)]?
- What is 9+(−17)9 + (-17)9+(−17)?
- Allison is preparing a presentation to show in class. It is on a controversial topic, and so she has both pros and cons of the side she believes in. If each pro is worth +1+1+1,…
- 2−(−3)=?2-(-3)=?2−(−3)=?
- −7+5=?-7+5=?−7+5=?
- What is −8−(−9)+8−9-8 - (-9) + 8 - 9−8−(−9)+8−9?
- What is (−4)−(−5)(-4) - (-5)(−4)−(−5)?
- What is −3+5-3 + 5−3+5?
- What is 7−(−2)7 - (-2)7−(−2)?
- True or False\text{True or False}True or False === A negative number minus a negative number always makes a negative number.
- What is −8−(−16)-8-(-16)−8−(−16)?
- What is −21−(−15)-21-(-15)−21−(−15)?
- What is −12+24-12+24−12+24?
- What is −22−(−18)-22-(-18)−22−(−18)?
- What is −17+24-17+24−17+24?
- What is −29−(−22)-29-(-22)−29−(−22)?
- What is −19−(−17)-19-(-17)−19−(−17)?
- What is −11−(−28)-11-(-28)−11−(−28)?
- What is −10+15-10+15−10+15?
- What is −14+3-14+3−14+3?
- What is 8−(−14)8-(-14)8−(−14)?
- What is 8−(−1)8-(-1)8−(−1)?
- What is 12−(−7)12-(-7)12−(−7)?
- What is −25−(−25)-25-(-25)−25−(−25)?
- −16−?=0-16-{?}=0−16−?=0
- What is −13−(−8)-13-(-8)−13−(−8)?
- What is −9−(−4)-9-(-4)−9−(−4)?
- What is −5−(−18)-5-(-18)−5−(−18)?
- What is −14−(−19)-14-(-19)−14−(−19)?
- What is −19−(−14)-19-(-14)−19−(−14)?
- What is −19−(−16)-19-(-16)−19−(−16)?
- What is −22−(−7)-22-(-7)−22−(−7)?
- What is −22−(−24)-22-(-24)−22−(−24)?
- What is −21−(−5)-21-(-5)−21−(−5)?
- What is −4−(−11)-4-(-11)−4−(−11)?
- True or False\text{True or False}True or False === If you subtract a negative from a positive, the result will always be positive.