how do you subtract negatives?
Example 2: negative − positive Lets subtract −4−7minus, 4, minus, 7. Step 3: Move 7 places to the left. We move 7 to the left because adding negative 7 decreases our number by 7. −4+(−7)minus, 4, plus, left parenthesis, minus, 7, right parenthesis takes us to −11 on the number line.