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Why is the sum of a negative number and a positive number is sometimes positive sometimes negative and sometimes zero?
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The absolute value of a number can sometimes be negative?
No, it will be either zero, or positive.
Is a negative number added by a postitive number a negative number?
sometimes... if the negative number is bigger than a positive number, than the answer is negative. if the positive number is bigger than a negative number, then the answer is positive. if they are the same, then the answer is zero. here is a helpful hint. -x+y is the same as y-x.
What does negative and positive mean?
A positive number is greater than zero; a negative number is less than zero.
Is zero a member of the set of positive integers?
No. Zero is neither positive nor negative, by definition. A positive number is greater than zero. A negative number is less than zero. Although, zero is a non-negative number (a set that includes all positive numbers and zero).
When a number is positive?
A positive number is any number above zero. A negative number is any number below zero. Zero is not a positive or a negative number. A number's opposite is just the negative. For example: 8's opposite is -8 (negative 8). Hope this helped!
The absolute value of a number can sometimes be negative?
No, it will be either zero, or positive.
Is negative n always sometimes or never a positive number?
Sometimes.* If "n" is positive, "-n" is negative. * If "n" is negative, "-n" is positive. * If "n" is zero, "-n" is also zesro.
What is a positive or negative number?
A positive numbe is a number above zero and a negative number is a number below zero.
Is a negative and a positive a positive?
In math, a positive is a number greater then zero, and a negative number is less than zero.
What is a positive and What is a negative?
In math, a positive is a number greater then zero, and a negative number is less than zero.
Is zero a negative number?
No. A negative number is a number below zero, not zero itself.The number zero is neither negative nor positive.
Is a negative number added by a postitive number a negative number?
sometimes... if the negative number is bigger than a positive number, than the answer is negative. if the positive number is bigger than a negative number, then the answer is positive. if they are the same, then the answer is zero. here is a helpful hint. -x+y is the same as y-x.
What does negative and positive mean?
A positive number is greater than zero; a negative number is less than zero.
Is zero a member of the set of positive integers?
No. Zero is neither positive nor negative, by definition. A positive number is greater than zero. A negative number is less than zero. Although, zero is a non-negative number (a set that includes all positive numbers and zero).
When a number is positive?
A positive number is any number above zero. A negative number is any number below zero. Zero is not a positive or a negative number. A number's opposite is just the negative. For example: 8's opposite is -8 (negative 8). Hope this helped!
Can there be such number as negative zero?
No. Zero is neither negative nor positive.
What is the difference between a negative number and a positive number?
Negative numbers are below zero whereas positive are above zero.
