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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.
What does negative plus positive equal to?
In math when you are given a negative and a positive number, you should write down the sign of the greatest number and subtract the smaller number from the greatest number. In the problem 3 - 9, three is the positive number, and nine is the negative number. This means you should write down the negative number's sign and subtract 3 from 9, and your answer should be -6.
When do you know when the integers are positive and negative?
If the number is zero, then it is neither positive nor negative.For all other integers: If there is a minus sign, "-", before the integer, then it is negative. If there is a plus sign, "+", before the integer or no sign at all, then it is positive.
Is 17 negative 17?
No. A number without a sign before it is always taken to be positive.
When you multiply a positive number by a negative number which is the sign of the answer?
its a negative
