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How can you decide with of two integers is greater when both numbers are negative?
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The number with the smaller absolute value (magnitude) is greater.
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When you add two integers how can you decide whether it is a positive negative or zero?
That will depend on the two integers that you use. The result could be any of negative, zero or positive.
How can you decide if the difference of two integers is positive or negative?
The difference is that when you are multiplying a negative with a postive it would be negative. Lets say their both negative then it would be postive. Examples: - - = + - +=+ - - - = - - - - -= +
How do you decide which number is greater when one number is negative and one number is positive?
ANY positive number is greater than any negative number. Imagine you are digging a hole, and piling up the dirt you remove from the hole. The hole represents negative numbers- it goes lower than the surface. The piled up dirt represents positive numbers- it is higher than the surface. The surface is zero- neither positive or negative.
How can you decide which of two numbers are greater when both numbers are positive?
The farthest number from zero is the greatest number.
How do you decide which of two numbers is greater when both numbrs are negative?
In this case, the number that has the lower absolute value is actually greater. That is, you can compare the numbers without the signs, and see which of them is less. That number (with the sign included) is greater.Example: compare -4 and -2. Since 2 is less than 4, it follows that -2 is more than -4. If you have trouble understanding why this is so, visualize the numbers on a number line. Assuming the number line is in standard position (positive to the right, negative to the left), a number that is further to the right than another number is greater.
How do you decide which of two numbers is greater when one number is positive and one number is negative?
The positive number is always greater.
When you add two integers how can you decide whether it is a positive negative or zero?
That will depend on the two integers that you use. The result could be any of negative, zero or positive.
How can you decide if the sum of two numbers is positive negative or zero without calculating the sum?
The sum of two negative numbers is positive and the sum of two negatives is negative. If you have both positive and negative numbers the sum can be either so look at the absolute value. If the negative number has a greater absolute value, the sum is negative. If the positive number has a greater absolute value the sum is positive. If the absolute values are equal, the sum is zero.
How can you decide if the difference of two integers is positive or negative?
The difference is that when you are multiplying a negative with a postive it would be negative. Lets say their both negative then it would be postive. Examples: - - = + - +=+ - - - = - - - - -= +
How do you decide which number is greater when one number is negative and one number is positive?
ANY positive number is greater than any negative number. Imagine you are digging a hole, and piling up the dirt you remove from the hole. The hole represents negative numbers- it goes lower than the surface. The piled up dirt represents positive numbers- it is higher than the surface. The surface is zero- neither positive or negative.
How do you decide witch of two numbers is greater when both numbers are negative?
the same nimber will apear The minus sign reverses the order of numbers. So, if a > b then -a < -b. Given two negative numbers, the one whose absolute value is smaller, is the bugger of the two. [Absolute value is the value of the number IGNORING the sign.]
When you do this you decide whether numbers are equal to less then or greater then other?
Comparison
Without actually multiplying how can you decide whether the product of two integers is positive negative or 0?
the answer is a positive because two negative or two positive is always positive.
When you do this you decide whether numbers are equal to less than or greater than each other?
Compare numbers.
How can you decide which of two numbers are greater when both numbers are positive?
The farthest number from zero is the greatest number.
How do you decide which two numbers is greater?
A positive number is greater than a negative number. If a positive number is greater than another, the corresponding negative numbers are smaller. For example, since 4 > 3, -4 < -3. For two positive numbers: The number with more digits is greater. If they have the same number of digits, the number with the greater first digit is greater. If they are equal, look at the second digit, which will decide which number is greater, and so forth, up to the last digit. For example, 12500 is greater than 12480: they have the same number of digits, the first two digits are the same, but the third digit is the tie-breaker. For numbers with decimals, first apply the rules above for the whole part. If they are equal, check the first digit after the decimal point, then the second, etc., until you find a "tie-breaker". For example, 0.2522 is more than 0.2517. Once again, the first two digits are the same, the third is the tiebreaker.
How can you decide if the sum of two numbers is positive negative or zero without actually calculating the sum?
The sum of two positive numbers is always positive, and the sum of two negatives is always negative. If you have a positive and a negative number, there sum can be either, so look at the absolute values to decide. For example -3+2=-1. Since all you care about is the sign, look at the absolute value. If the negative number has a greater absolute value, the sum is negative and if the positive number's absolute value, which is the number itself, is bigger, the sum is positive. If the absolute values are equal, the sum is 0.
