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What does the - sign mean before a number?
It means that the number is negative. Negative numbers are always under 0.
When a number in a fraction is negative does that mean that the whole fraction is negative?
Yes, it does.
What does negative and positive mean?
A positive number is greater than zero; a negative number is less than zero.
Can the mean of probability distribution be a negative number?
Yes.
What does a negative number in parenthesis being subtracted by another number mean?
a positive answer
What does the - sign mean before a number?
It means that the number is negative. Negative numbers are always under 0.
What number is bigger a lower negative number or a higher negative number?
The question depends on what lower and higher mean. The number that is the smaller of two when you ignore the negative signs, becomes the bigger of the two when you put negative signs before them.
What does two purple lines mean on a urine drug test?
That's a negative result...
What is a squiggly line over an equal sign?
It means congruent. It is NOT 'approximately equal', which would be an equal sigh where BOTH lines are squiggly.
What does it mean when a number has 2 lines around it?
That it is an absolute value which means that it is literally just the number, neither positive nor negative, but stands for ALL values of that number including the positive and the negative. so for instance if you had |2| it is neither positive nor negative as that, but it stands for a +2 and a -2. Slightly confusing to explain, but... hope it's helpful.
When a number in a fraction is negative does that mean that the whole fraction is negative?
Yes, it does.
What does two vertical on the outside of a number mean?
it means to take the absolute value of the number, which means the number's distance away from zero. So negative 4 with the two vertical lines equals 4. it is 4 away from 0
Can the sample mean be a negative number?
Yes, it can.
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 does negative and positive mean?
A positive number is greater than zero; a negative number is less than zero.
What does minus four mean?
this is a negative number -- a number below zero.
Can mean be negative?
Yes, the mean can be negative if the numbers being averaged are negative. For example, if you are averaging temperatures and all of the temperatures are below zero, your average temperature will be a negative number.
