Taking an inventory of how close I am to making this month's house payment.
The concept of negative numbers was first documented by Chinese mathematicians around the 2nd century BC. These numbers were initially used to solve practical problems related to debt and payments.
You can do, if required.
It will still perform the calculation. The SUM function can deal with positive and negative numbers and it will deal with negative numbers correctly. So there will be no problems or errors if there are negative numbers amongst the numbers in the range of cells that it is calculating.
An overdrawn balance on your bank account is a negative number !
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The numbers 1,2,3,... etc are called natural numbers or counting numbers. Integers are the natural numbers plus zero plus the negative ( or opposite ) natural numbers. Why do we need negative natural numbers ? For one thing x + 1 = 0 is an equation whose solution is x = -1. We could not solve this equation if we did not have negative integers. So over history these negative numbers came about as a way to solve certain math problems. The numbers 1,2,3,... etc are called natural numbers or counting numbers. Integers are the natural numbers plus zero plus the negative ( or opposite ) natural numbers. Why do we need negative natural numbers ? For one thing x + 1 = 0 is an equation whose solution is x = -1. We could not solve this equation if we did not have negative integers. So over history these negative numbers came about as a way to solve certain math problems.
Whatever is required by the context of the question. Whether or not the number is negative gives no indication as to whether to add or subtract.
Two numbers are negative reciprocals if their product is -1. The numbers 1/2 and -2 are negative reciprocals. Their product is -1. This is often seen in problems involving the slopes of two lines. The slopes of perpendicular lines are negative reciprocals. Their product is -1.
Working with a number line to solve there problems.
The product of three negative numbers is negative.
They will be negative numbers as for example -5+(-7) = -12
No. Whole numbers are counting numbers and zero.