Question

Caleb has an account balance of $-29 dollars in his checking account. He then deposits a check for $42. What is the balance of Caleb's bank

account?

Your answer

Answer 1

Because there is a negative amount in his bank account, take that into consideration when solving this problem.

When depositing a check and knowing his account is negative, we subtract:

$42 - $29

We then get the answer:
$13