Algebra Help! What is m - 2m?

Question

All great answers

Thanks everyone for helping me :)

Answer 1

This is a very simple question. I will explain a rule that will make this easy for you in the future. If you see a letter alone, like m, that means 1 x m. If you see 2m, that's 2 x m, etc. Therefore, you can place an imaginary 1 in the equation. So, we'll try that. 1m - 2m = -1m

You know this because of the number line - which is anchored at 0, and moves to the right as positive numbers and to the left as negative numbers in the sequence 1,2,3...infinity.

Answer 2

Negative m.

Answer 3

you have one cookie

you take two away

how many are left?

negative one.

someone would actually be oweing you a cookie.

which sounds yummy right now. (:

Answer 4

m - 2m

= 1m - 2m

= (1 - 2)(m)

= -1(m)

= -m

Answer 5

-m