you call it a negative number because it's smaller than 0.
negative numbers
any negative number is less than zero
A negative number is less than zero.
YES, and any number less than Zero is a Negative Number.
Anything less than zero would be a negative number.
Zero is more than, not less than the number negative 1.
There is no whole number less than zero.
A negative number is a number less than zero (to the left of the number zero, on a standard number-line). It is written with a minus sign. For example, -5 is 5 less than zero.
A negative number is less than zero.
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There are two statements and it is not clear which one you are referring to.
A positive number is greater than zero; a negative number is less than zero.