Negatives, -1 to -99
answ2. Remember, a number is just a place counting convention.
It is an arbitrary mark on a piece of paper and intended to symbolize some quantity. There is no reason to abhor negative numbers, for they are a useful device in mathematics.
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Less than one half of a number is a quarter of a number.
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... less than the whole number.
The quotient need not be greater than a whole number less than one!