Question

Subtracting Rational Numbers Simplify –3 – 1.

Answer 1

-4

Step-by-step explanation:

when subtracting a positive integer from a negative, the answer becomes smaller. If the question were to ask -3-(-1) negative 3 minus negative 1, the subtraction sign becomes a addition sign, and you add 1 to -3.

Answer 2

Answer: -4

Step-by-step explanation: To subtract the integers -1 - 1, I would first change the minus sign to plus a negative.

So we have -1 + -1.

Now let's use a number line to find our answer.

Starting at 0, -3 moves us 3 units to the left, then from there,

-1 moves us 1 more unit to the left and we end up at -4.

So -3 + -1 is -4.