If the negative number is the larger, the answer will be negative. Subtracting a negative integer is the same as adding a positive integer. If one integer is negative, the answer is negative. Complete the following calculations involving some negative integers. In addition to knowing how to handle negative numbers in mathematical calculations, it is also important to know how to handle more complicated problems.
Some mathematical calculations require more than one operation.
See Example 2. The problems shown above are indeed complicated. Follow the Order of Operations table below. Do all operations within parentheses. Do all multiplications and divisions from left to right.