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Adding two negatives makes a bigger number? Is this true or false? Explain.

User Filipe Spindola
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no, because a postive and a negative makes a postive .
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Answer: False, adding two negatives does not make a bigger number. I know this because when adding the two negatives, the absolute value will get bigger. However, the value of the number gets smaller.

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