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Hi, I'm Bianca with more chasin and math news you can use

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Can I subtract a larger number from a smaller number let's figure it out

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Let's use a number line to subtract 7 from 3 we started 3 and count to the left 7 places

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I'm a 0 but I have 4 more numbers to count. What should I do?

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Let's look at a thermometer when the thermometer reads 4 degrees below 0 the weatherman says it is negative or minus 4 degrees

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The word negative must mean the numbers are less than 0

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So if we start at 3 and count down 7 on the thermometer we end up at negative 4

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I bet that's what happens on the number line, too

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That's right. We can subtract a larger number from a smaller number

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We just get a different kind of number a negative number is that all we can do with negative numbers to learn more about numbers

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