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What is The opposite of a negative number?
ill say a positive number
What are the first 3 positive numbers?
1, 2, and 3 are the first three positive integers, but you can't say that they're the first three positive numbers. If you try that, somebody is sure to come along and say "but what about 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3 ?"The fact is, nobody can say what the first (lowest) positive 'number' is. Whatever number you name, no matter how small it is, there is always another one that's smaller and still positive.
Another name for additive inverse?
As far as positive numbers are concerned, the additive inverse of a positive number is a negative number with the same magnitude (i.e. the additive inverse of 5 is -5). It would be wrong to simply say that "negative" and "additive inverse" are correct, because the additive inverse of a negative number is a positive number.
Why positive is greater than negative?
A number A is said to be greater than another number B is A - B is more than 0. If A is positive and B is negative, then A - B is always positive and so each positive number is greater than each negative number.
When do you say a number is divisible by another number?
When their quotient has no remainder.
