The first place to use negative integers was China around 200 B.C
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The oldest published uses of negative numbers are from China, written sometime during the Han Dynasty (202 BC to 220 AD). They were used in India as early as the 7th century AD.
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The Chinese. Negative numbers appear for the first time in history in the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art, which in its present form dates from the period of the Han Dynasty (202 BC - AD 220)
Negative numbers are often used when there are opposites; in this case, one of the opposites is assigned positive numbers, the other, negative numbers. For example, you might:* Use positive numbers for positions above sea level, and negative for below sea level. * Use positive numbers for money you have in your bank account; negative numbers for money you owe others. * Use positive numbers for northern latitudes, and negative numbers for southern latitudes. Or vice versa. * There are lots of other situations where opposites are involved, but you probably get the idea.