Question 55

What is the value of -10 - (-4)?

-14
14
6
-6Correct answer

Explanation

Removing -4 undoes four of the ten leftward steps, so the value climbs back towards zero without ever reaching it. Taking -14 instead reads the double sign as one more subtraction and drives the value further left rather than back up.

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Question 55: What is the value of -10 - (-4)? · Integers and Negative Numbers · Questena