Explain to me how 0.25 - 1.00 = -0.75 Whenever I look at that, I feel like it should be -1.25. But it isn't and I can't find anything on Google explaining why. Explain it like I'm 5 pls
Order matters. It’s not 0.25 from 1.00 but 1.00 from 0.25 that you’re subtracting. Essentially it’s like adding a positive 0.25 to a negative 1.00
My roommate helped me figure it out but also if I hadn't, your explanation is rly not the best 😅 thanks anyway ❤🧡
Yeah just realized you said explain like you’re five. I was trying to write out an example with cake but glad you figured it out!
I will make you a number line 1_.75_.5_.25_0_-.25_-.5_-.75_-1 K so .25=1/4 1=4/4 Sooo...start at .25 and go 4 numbers to the right to subtract Or, if fractions are your thing 1/4 - 4/4 = -3/4 or -.75
That's what my roommate did 🧡❤ I'm like mildly embarrassed that I had to ask for this v basic help but now I know. Thank you
It took me a bit but it got it. Its kinda like 100 - 25 = 75 n then put the dot. So like 100 025 -------- 075 1.00 0.25 -------- 0.75
Or money. If you got $25 and you buy something thats $100 you end up $75 in det coz not enuf money to keep it above 0
I disagree. It only takes a few mins to properly understand a concept once it's explained to you and you practice a few times. Unless you were just saying that to mock me, in which case, valid
Whenever a math problem presents itself with decimals and multiples of .25, I always do it in my head thinking of cash.
Well... Cuz like.... Lets say you have 25 cents and you owe someone $1 and you pay them in quarters. You go from 25 cents to 0, then from 0 to -.25 cents, you already paid 1/2 of that dollar at this point. So now you go from -.25 to -.50, and from -.50 to -.75 and you have now paid that dollar 100/100, or 4/4, or 1/1. You went from 25 cents, to now being 75 cents in debt for paying off a dollar when you only had 25 cents. Ignore the whole "only having 25 cents but still somehow have a dollar to pay" inconsistency.
Yes, changing the order like this is very helpful. -25 +1 is the same as +1 - 25 It's a property of addition whose name I forget (it might be commutativity) but basically: -x +y = y -x That property doesn't exist in division tho. 5 ÷ -3 ≠ -3 ÷ 5