Two numbers that are the same distance from zero on the number line but are on opposite sides of zero are opposite numbers, or opposites. The opposite of a number is called its additive inverse. The opposite of 78 is -78.
These are often called "opposite numbers". The more precise term is "additive inverse". For example, the additive inverse of 5 is minus 5.
usually this means positive numbers and their negative counterparts. The opposite of a number is its additive inverse. The sum of a number and its opposite is zero. (This is sometimes called the property of opposites, or additive inverse property). Example: -999 + 999 = 0; therefore -999 and 999 are additive inverse (1/3) + (-1/3) = 0; therefore 1/3 and -1/3 are additive inverse 1 + (-1) = 0; therefore 1 and -1 are additive inverse a + (-a) = 0; therefore a and -a are additive inverse, So, the opposite of -999 is 999; the opposite of 1/3 is -1/3; the opposite of 1 is -1, and the opposite of a is -a.
positive integers
They are called integers. Fractions and decimals are NOT integers, even if it has a positive or negative sign.
Additive Inverses is the proper term but the term zero pairs is also used.
They are called the additive inverses!
The set of integers.
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Integers that add to zero (like 3 and -3 or 5 and -5) are called additive inverses. The general formula for an additive inverse is x + (-x) = 0, where x and (-x) are additive inverses.
They are additive inverses of each other. They are often called opposites, but that is not good practise. You can have multiplicative inverses (1/2 and 2 because they multiply to 1), and will you call them opposites also?
They may be called integers, rational numbers, real numbers. In any one of these sets they are additive inverses.
The number (-9) is the additive inverse of 9.Inverse operations can also be used to find the additive inverse of a specific number. For example, -9 is the additive inverse of 9 since the sum of -9 and 9 is 0. Additive inverses come in pairs; 9 is the additive inverse of -9, just as -9 is the additive inverse of 9. Any two numbers are additive inverses if they add up to 0.Visualize a pair of additive inverses on the number line. The number 9 and its additive inverse -9 are both nine units away from 0 but on opposite sides of 0. For this reason, -9 is called the opposite of 9, and 9 is the opposite of -9. The opposite of a number may be positive or negative.
They are the additive inverses of each other.
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Additive inverses