Positive, Negative, Order

-5 + 12

• 17

• 7

• -7

• -17

Answer explanation

-5 + 12. Since you are adding and they are opposite, they cancel out.

12 - 5 = 7. Since there were more positives, they win, so your answer is positive 7.

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-9 + -4

• -13

• 13

• -5

• 5

Answer explanation

When you add to negative numbers, it gets more NEGATIVE. Like two friends who are hating on the same thing and they talk about it and it gets worse and worse and worse and why do my friends hate me?

-16 + 7

• -23

• 23

• 9

• -9

Answer explanation

Since ya bee addin' and they opps, ya know, they fight and defeat each other.

So, ya gotta do 16 - 7 and u shuld get 9. They were more negs at the start, so they win. So -9.

How old is Principal Snow?

• So old.

• Older than old.

• Old enough to get a senior discount

• Embarrassingly old

Answer explanation

So. Old.

6 - 10

• 4

• -4.

• 16

• -16

Answer explanation

A couple ways. 6 - 10. If it's 6 degrees out and it gets 10 degrees COLDER, think of a thermometer. It takes 6 degrees to get to 0, then there are 4 more to get to -4.

Or: turn it into 6 + -10. Then they are adding and opposite, so they cancel.

10 - 6 = 4. There are more negatives, so -4

5 - - 13

• 18

• -18

• 8

• -8

Answer explanation

When you subtract a negative, it's the same as adding a positive.

5 - - 13 --> 5 + +13 = 18

-4 - 7

• 3

• -3

• 11

• -11

Answer explanation

-4 - 7. If you are 4 feet underground and dig down 7 feet, you are now 11 feet underground. So -11

Or: -4 - 7 is the same as -4 + -7

When you add negatives it's more negative!

-13 - - 8

• 5

• -5

• 21

• -21

Answer explanation

-13 - - 8

-13 + + 8

Opposites, so they cancel.

13 - 8 = 5. Since there were more negatives, -5.

-7 - - 11

• -18

• 18

• 4

• -4

Answer explanation

-7 - - 11

-7 + + 11

Opposites, so they cancel.

11 - 7 = 4. More positives, so answer is positive!

-5(-3)

• -15

• 15

Answer explanation

Two negatives multiply to be positive.

If they are different, (negative) and (positive), your answer is negative.