wats the difference between a negative sign and a minus sign?

Answer 1

Negative refers to the sign of a number or variable,
that is, that it's left of zero on the number line. It's
actually an adjective. We say
that a negative number is the additive inverse of that
number which means when you add them, the sum is
zero. 5 plus a negative 5 is 0. x plus a negative x is 0.
Algebraically it's x+(-x)=0.

Minus is an operation, opposite of plus. It's actually
a verb. Just like you add when you hear plus, you subtract when you hear minus. In the above we can short cut x+(-x) to simply x-x which is stated
as x minus x. But you get the same result either way.

Answer 2

Nothing.

It provides two ways of looking at one problem.

1) you can see 1 positive number, and 1 negative number, and then you can go ahead and combine them.
5 and -2 together make 3

2) you can see 2 numbers, and a minus sign between them, and take the second away from the first.
5-2 makes 3

Both ways will get you the same solution, it's just a matter of personal preference.

Answer 3

Nothing really. A negative sign basically just means 0 minus whatever.

Answer 4

negative sign denotes the value of the number
minus sign is part of an math equation

Answer 5

A negative sign tells you if the number is positive, or ...well negative.
A minus sign tells you to subtract.

Answer 6

There really is no difference unless the negation sign is by itself with a number. Then the negation sign means 0-x, where x is the number

Answer 7

There isn't a difference between them. Saying a-b=c is the same as saying a+(-b)=c. Subtraction and addition are just the combination of two or more numbers. Just when you use subtraction, one of the numbers you are combining is negative.

Answer 8

minus sign is the sign of separator while negative sign is attached to numbers

Answer 9

Nothing at all. Math teachers say it differently to confuse us.

Answer 10

The difference is exactly "-0".