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Should a plus sign be used to indicate that a number is positive?
No. It is already indicated that it is positive without the positive sign on the number.
What is absolute of a number?
The absolute value of a number is the number without any sign. |-3| = 3 and |2| = 2.
What are the rules for adding a positive and negative integer?
The magnitude of the sum is the difference between the magnitudes of the two numbers. The sign of the sum is the sign of the number with the larger magnitude. (The "magnitude" of a number is just the size of the number without any sign.)
Is the absolute value of a number always zero?
No. It's always the number without a sign.
Is 17 negative 17?
No. A number without a sign before it is always taken to be positive.
What is the magnitude of a real number without regard to it sign?
The magnitude of a real number is its value without regard to its sign.
What do you mean by absolute value of a real number?
The absolute value of a number is the distance it is from zero on a number line. It is written as the number without any sign.
Should a plus sign be used to indicate that a number is positive?
No. It is already indicated that it is positive without the positive sign on the number.
Is 277 a whole number?
Yes. Any number without a fraction, decimal, or negative sign is a whole number.
What is absolute of a number?
The absolute value of a number is the number without any sign. |-3| = 3 and |2| = 2.
What are the rules for adding a positive and negative integer?
The magnitude of the sum is the difference between the magnitudes of the two numbers. The sign of the sum is the sign of the number with the larger magnitude. (The "magnitude" of a number is just the size of the number without any sign.)
How do you get the additive inverse for a negative denominator?
It is the same number without the negative sign.
Is the absolute value of a number always zero?
No. It's always the number without a sign.
Is 17 negative 17?
No. A number without a sign before it is always taken to be positive.
What does a positive plus a negative equal?
subtract the small number from big number (without signs) and then add the sign of the larger number to the difference
What is the relationship between -17 and 17?
17 is the absolute value of -17, that is, the value of the number without the negative number sign.
Do you get a positive or a negative number by adding a negative and posotive?
The sum can go either way. The sign of the sum will be the same as the sign of whichever original number is bigger (without regard for signs).
