Subtract –57 - 62; can you please explain?

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Answer 1

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look at the problem as money :your checking account is $-57.you write a check out for $62.00 .this will put your balance at
$-119.00 hope you understand

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great example, thanks!

Answer 2

-57-62 is the equivalent to -57 + -62.

The answer is -119.

Answer 3

easy. ok all you do is forget the negitives. 57 + 62 is 119. now.. with the negative it would be -119. because if you are subtracting from a negative, it is just like adding negatives. make any sense? well the answer is -119 anyway.

Answer 4

-119

Answer 5

Negative 57 subtract 62 equals a negative 119....

Answer 6

this is how i always understood those math problems:

first, it usually helps if you 'add the opposite' meaning if you have a subtraction make it an addition and the next number signs changes to the opposites this way you have all additions. in this case the original problem is -57 - 62 but now it is -57 + -62. when you have the same signs all you do is add them and copy the sign.

if you end up with a postive and a negative number, then put the larger of the two numbers on the top, subtract, and then copy the sign of the larger number.

i know this sounds kind of confusing but i hope it helped.

Answer 7

Forget about the - sign and add -57+-62=-119 Negatives can be challenging for example -43+20= 23 because it's a positive you subtract 20 from -43. it's like you owe 43 dollars to someone and you pay them 20 dollars now you only have to pay 23 dollars.
-43+-20=-63 it's like you barrowed 43 bucks, and then barrowed 20 more so now you owe 63. I hope I helped good luck!

Answer 8

in 8th grade we learned the cha cha rule for this
you cha to make the negative positive (by drawing a line though it) and you cha again to make the second number negative
-57-62 is the same as -57+-62 then you just add them and the answer is negative
-119

Answer 9

it equals -119
do 62 + 57
and you know its going to be negative so place a negative sign on it.