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salantis [7]
3 years ago
10

What are the rules for adding and subtracting negative numbers?

Mathematics
1 answer:
Alexeev081 [22]3 years ago
4 0
A negative sign and a negative sign next to each other is a positive sign ex..

-14 - -3
= -14 + 3
= -11

a negative sign and a positive sign next to each other is a positive sign ex..

-14 + -3
= -14 - 3
= -17

the bigger a negative number the smaller it is
the bigger a positive number the larger it is
which supports the rule if you are subtracting the
number will become smaller and if you are adding
the number will become larger
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