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A number line can have both positive and negative numbers. You can put the number line in any position, but often it is represented so that numbers to the right of zero are positive, and numbers to the left of zero, negative.
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What is the absolute value of each number?
it is the distance from 0 on a number line. the absolute value of something is never negative
What is the greaest or least from the number line negative or greater?
what is the greatest or least from the number line negative or greater
When you subtract a negative number from another negative number do you get a positive or a negative number?
always a negative number. just think about going backwards on a number line.
What is the distance between 0 and -13 on the number line?
13
How far from zero is -2.5 number line?
Absolute value describes the distance of a number on the number line from 0 without considering which direction from zero the number lies. The absolute value of a number is never negative. The absolute value of 5 is 5.
Explain why the absolute value of a number is never a negative number?
Sample Response: The absolute value of a number is the distance the number is from 0 on a number line. Since distance is never negative, absolute value is never negative.
What is a number line?
The number line is simply a line (never-ending) that contains all the numbers from negative infinity (on the left) to infinity (on the right).
What is the absolute value of each number?
it is the distance from 0 on a number line. the absolute value of something is never negative
To add a negative number in which direction do you count on the number line?
Adding a negative number is the equivalent to moving to the left on a negative-positive number line.
You Can be a positive number a negative number or a zero but never a decimal or fraction?
i can be a negative number a negative number or a zero but i am never a decimal or fraction
What is the greaest or least from the number line negative or greater?
what is the greatest or least from the number line negative or greater
When you subtract a negative number from another negative number do you get a positive or a negative number?
always a negative number. just think about going backwards on a number line.
Is the inverse of a line with positive slope a line with negative slope?
Never.
What is the distance between 0 and -13 on the number line?
13
What is a negative subtracted by a negative?
Subtracting a negative number has the same effect as adding a positive number - think of it as moving right on a number line whereas, subtracting a positive number will move you left on a number line.
Is the opposite of a negative number always sometimes or never a negative number?
never a negative number * * * * * ... true if, by opposite, you mean the additive inverse. However, the multplicative inverse is also an opposite. And the multiplicative inverse of a negative number is always negative.
What are some negative integers between a positive one on the number line?
There are no negative integers between positive ones on the number line.
