How do I figure out this?

Question

Seven minus negative twenty-five?

I really don't get it!!!

Please tell me the answer and also explain, in words, and examples how to do this!!!

Thanks. =)

Answer 1

The answer would be 32.

A good trick to remembering this is to take both the minus signs and make a plus in your head. then you just add the 2 to get the answer.

Good Luck!

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Answer 2

oh god..so wrong the first time  7-(-25).  distribute the negative sign in front of the parenthesis.  7+25=32

Answer 3

7-(-25)

You can't subtract a negative number, so the two negative signs cancel out and create a positive.

7+25=32

Answer 4

7 - (-25) = ?

a negative and a negative is a positive

which would make that 7 + 25

7 + 25 = 32

Answer 5

7-(-25)

7+25=32

Answer 6

it's going to be 7-(-25)  which equals 32 because the 2 negatives become positives.  

Answer 7

Don't worry, I'm always confused by negatives too! Remember, two minus signs become 1 plus sign:

7--25  -->  7+25

1--9    --> 1+9

23--5  --> 23+5

Answer 8

It's a double negative, so you do seven plus twenty five.

Answer 9

7 - ( - 25)

the    - ( -   makes  a   +

see it?

the only way i can really explain it, is that the negatives cancle eachother....

Answer 10

7 - -25 =32

my math teacher tought me a trick, whenever you see two negative signs like in this problem you change them both into plus signs.

another example:

6 - -10 = 16

Answer 11

Use a number line ~ the answer is -18  

Answer 12

Let's say you have seven apples. That's a positive number. A positive number of apples means you have that number of apples. Now, say you have a sister. Say that you owe her twenty-five apples. That's a negative number, because you NEED twenty-five apples to pay off your debt.

So that's the positive seven and negative twenty-five part. Now, let's look at the minus. Minus means "take away". So say that you "take away" a twenty-five apple debt. You have seven apples. You take away a twenty-five apple debt. That means you add seven apples to twenty-five apples (because you're gaining twenty-five apples), which gives you thirty two.

7 minus negative 25 equals 7 plus 25.

Answer 13

It would look like this no?

7-(-25)

Two negatives make a positive, so teh question becomes

7+25

which is simple math ;)

Answer 14

7-(-25)

If you ever have two Minus (-) signs side by side, make them both positive.

7+(+25) then just add normally.

Answer 15

7 - (-27) = 34

y minus and minus = +

sooo if this was -7-27 = -34

minus and plus = minus so ex1. -7+27 = 20

if minus and plus r together it depend which number bigger to add a negative at the end or not  so another ex2. 7-27 = -20

c difference? first ex. -7+27 because 27 bigger and is positive it would come out positive in the end after minus, ex2. 27 is a negative so it would come out negative