Most everything is easier with negative digits. Easier addition, easier rounding, easier multiplication, much easier subtraction. The one part that needs slight

Most everything is easier with negative digits. Easier addition, easier rounding, easier multiplication, much easier subtraction. The one part that needs slightly more distinct techniques vs. what you are used to is division, but it's still probably easier overall. The grandparent poster's example only looks more complicated because we don't have standard glyphs for the negative digits.