Question

What minus 1 1/3 is a negative number? is it 4/3 or -5

Answer 1

Neither, because 1 1/3 - 4/3 = 0 and 1 1/3 - (-5) = 6 1/3.

Answer 2

-5 because when you have a positive and a negative subtract and the solution has the sign of the largest number 5.