Question

53- (-32) what is the answer?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Here is a tip: When you have something that looks like this - ( - , turn it into a plus sign. It looks kind of like a plus sign anyway. So if you have 53- (-32), turn it into 53 + 32. Does that make sense?

So 53 + 32 = 85.

Another tip to do it in your head, is to do 50 + 30 = 80, then do 3 + 2 = 5, and add them. It's easier than trying to juggle the odd numbers. :)