Adding and Subtracting Negative Numbers

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What is the result of -15 + -3?

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-18

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What is the result of 7 - 9?

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-2

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Is the statement 'negative - positive = negative' always true, sometimes true, or never true?

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Always true

Front

What is the result of 5 + -2?

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3

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What is the result of 7 - -3?

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10

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What does it mean to add a negative number?

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Adding a negative number is the same as subtracting the absolute value of that number.

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What does it mean to subtract a negative number?

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Subtracting a negative number is the same as adding the absolute value of that number.

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What is the sum of two negative numbers?

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The sum of two negative numbers is always negative.

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What is the difference when subtracting a larger positive number from a smaller positive number?

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The result is a negative number.

Front

If you have -4 and you add 2, what is the result?

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-2