Negatives minus negatives are negatives or positives?

A negative number minus a negative number can be both negative or positive. It just depends on the numbers.

Depdends

we can show cases for each

remember that negative minus negative equals negive plus a psitive

3 examples: one with positive result and one with negative result and one with neither result

-3 - (-4) = - 3+4=1, positive

-4 - (-3) = - 4+3=-1, negative

-4 - (-4) = - 4+4=0, neiter negative nor positive