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It''s always a little daunting when we start to work with negative numbers for the first time. But as we will see, operations with negative numbers are deceptively simple. Follow along, and you''ll soon be solving equations that contain negatives without breaking a sweat!
If you add the same positive number to any negative number, the result will always be zero.
In other words:
But what happens when we multiply and divide negatives? Let''s start with multiplying:
As long as one number is negative, the product is always negative. But if both signs are the same (either two negatives or two positives), the product is always positive.
Adding and Subtracting Negatives
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