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What is opposite of addition?
Subtraction is the opposite of addition.
What is the opposite of addition?
Subtraction is the opposite of addition.
What is the addition of an opposite?
subtraction
What is opposite of article?
The opposite of article is omission or subtraction.
What is 15 minus negative 22?
When dealing with addition and subtraction regarding negative numbers, it is important to remember that negative numbers will act in the opposite way as a positive number. For example, in this problem, 15 - (-22) , It may be easier to re-write it as this: 15 + 22 The negative sign of the 22 will be negated by the subtraction sign. 15 - (-22) = 37
What operations is the inverse operation of subtraction?
Inverse means opposite. What undoes subtraction? Addition undoes subtraction!
If you subtract a positive from a negative what do you get?
A negative, since subtracting a positive is equivalent to moving left done the number line. Since we start left of 0 on the number line, it is only possible to end left of it after subtraction, resulting in a negative. Since the subtraction is the opposite of addition, to subtract a positive really means that you are adding a negative. So you are adding two negatives which gives you a negative sum.
Why is addition of signed numbers taught before subtraction of the signed numbers?
Addition is simpler than subtraction. Also, it is defined as the opposite of subtraction, so this ... opposite has to be taught first.
How are addition and subtraction mathematically connected?
Subtraction is the addition of a negative number.
How do you subtract a negative number?
To subtract a negative number, you must change the subtraction sign to an addition sign, then make the second number its opposite. Ex. (-9)-(-13) (-9)+(+13)=4
Is addition the opposite of subtraction?
Yes
What is meant when you say that subtraction is the same as addition of the opposite?
here is subtraction problem... 9 - 4 = 5 here is an addition of the opposite 9 + -4 = 5 both these equations are true and mean the same thing. when you subtracted you are actually adding the negative of that number. the negative means to put a minus symbol in front of that number and that number is the amount of units it takes from below zero to get to zero.
