Question

Two candidates at a quiz competition completed one round of quiz.The first candidate had a score of +5and the second candidate had score of -2.How many more points did the first candidate score?​

Answer 1

Answer:

6 more points

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the information provided in the question it is given as

Two candidates at a quiz competition completed one round of quiz.The first candidate had a score = +5

Second candidate had score = -2.

We need to find How many more points did the first candidate score

First candidate score = + 5

Means he give 5 answer correctly

Second candidate score = -2.

Means he doesn't give any answer also he give two wrong answer

Here we find the difference

= -2 ,-1 ,0, 1,2,3,4,5  Start counting (-1,0,1,2,3,4)

Hence the difference of marks is (6)

Hence it is concluded that the first candidate score 6 more point than second candidate .

Answer 2

Find the more points did the first candidate score

Definition:

While adding or subtracting with different sign numbers,the rules are if the signs are the same the result is positive and if the signs are different the result is negative.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given,the first candidate had a score of +5 and second candidate had a score of -2,we need to find how much more does the first candidate has ,in order to find the difference we need to subtract the two candidates score that is,

$=+5-(-2)\\=+5+2\\=+7$

Therefore,the first candidate has +7 points more than second candidate.