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Why is a negative integer sometimes always or never a whole number?
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What is the negative of negative integer?
The negative of a negative is always the original number.
Is negative integer is a always a whole number?
No. A whole number is either 0 or a positive integer.
When you subtract a negative integer from a positive integer the result is always positive?
Yes, because subtrating a negative number is the same thing as adding a positive number.
Every negative number is an integer?
No, not every negative number is an integer. For example, -11/2 is not an integer. However, -1, -2, -3, and so on, are negative integers. Perhaps that is what you meant to ask. The negative of every positive integer is a negative integer.
What kind of number is -0625?
It is a negative integer, a negative rational integer, a negative real number.
What is the negative of negative integer?
The negative of a negative is always the original number.
Is it true that the sum of a negative integer and a positive integer is always positive?
It depends, if a number with positive integers is greater than the number with the negative integer therefore the sum will be in positive integer. And if the number with positive integer is less than the number with the number with negative integer then the sum will be in negative integer.
Is negative integer is a always a whole number?
No. A whole number is either 0 or a positive integer.
Why is a negative integer always greater than a positive integer?
It isn't. A negative integer is always smaller than a positive integer. Look at the numbers on a number line, in standard format. If a number is further to the right than another number, it is greater. The number further to the left is smaller.
When you subtract a negative integer from a positive integer the result is always positive?
Yes, because subtrating a negative number is the same thing as adding a positive number.
Do integers have to have an opposite or just be a positive or negative number?
An integer is just a whole number, excluding zero. Any positive integer will always have an opposite just by placing a negative sign in front of the positive integer. You can also say that any negative whole number is an integer.
Why is an integer always a whole number?
An integer is not always a whole number because whole numbers are numbers 0 and up. Integers are numbers above and below 0. (Including negatives.) So therefore, if an integer is a negative, it would not be a whole number. But a whole number is always an integer.
Is the reciprocal of any positive or negative integer always a rational number?
Yes, it is.
Can an integer be a negative number?
A negative number can be an integer. An integer is any positive or negative whole number including zero.
How can you compare a positive integer to a negative integer?
All positive integers are all greater than negative integers.
Every negative number is an integer?
No, not every negative number is an integer. For example, -11/2 is not an integer. However, -1, -2, -3, and so on, are negative integers. Perhaps that is what you meant to ask. The negative of every positive integer is a negative integer.
What kind of number is -0625?
It is a negative integer, a negative rational integer, a negative real number.
