Understanding Positive and Negative Numbers

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What are positive numbers?

  • Whole numbers only
  • Decimal numbers
  • Numbers less than 0
  • Numbers greater than 0 (correct)

What are negative numbers?

  • Whole numbers only
  • Positive fractions
  • Numbers less than 0 (correct)
  • Numbers greater than 0

What are integers?

Numbers labeled on a number line.

What is absolute value?

<p>The number's distance from 0 on a number line.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Study Notes

Positive Numbers

  • Defined as numbers that are greater than zero, indicating a value above the neutral point on the number line.
  • Examples include 1, 2, 3, and so on.

Negative Numbers

  • Defined as numbers that are less than zero, representing values below the neutral point on the number line.
  • Examples include -1, -2, -3, and so forth.

Integers

  • Comprised of whole numbers that can be positive, negative, or zero, represented on a number line.
  • Includes the set of numbers: ..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...

Absolute Value

  • Represents the distance of a number from zero on a number line, regardless of direction.
  • Denoted by the symbol |x|, where x is the number in question, indicating how far it is from zero without considering whether it is positive or negative.

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