Question

What is negative 5 minus negative 12 ?

Answer 1

The answer would be 17 hope that helped here are the steps 5--12 

= 5+12 

= 17 

Answer 2

Really easy.

Let me explain how it works though.

When you are looking at negatives and positives, as well as adding and subtracting, you should just look at subtraction as adding a negative number.

So we have -5 + -12.  This would be -17.

If you see a subtraction sign, you can change it to plus a negative number and that will always help.

Answer: -17