Rules for Adding Negative Numbers

There are different rules of adding negative numbers .

In general, addition means to increase the value. In the case of integers, however, an addition operation might result in an increase or decrease in the value of the given number.

When we add a negative integer, the given number’s value decreases. 

Type of numbers	Operation sign	Outcome	Example
Positive + Positive	+	Positive (+)	3 + 2 = 4
Negative + Negative	+	Negative (-)	(-3)+(-2) = -5
Positive + Negative	+	+ or – (depends on greater number’s sign)	3 +(-2) = 1 or (-3) +2 = -1

therefore when we add negative plus negative term then the result will be in negative .

Whenever we Add two negative integers results in a sum of absolute value of integers with a negative sign. 

Negative Plus negative is a negative number but the operation performed is summation.

For Example, -2 + (-3) = -5

Here, the result is -5 because, we have added 2 and 3 and placed negative sign. Thus negative plus negative is negative.