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Think of the temperature scale.
Comfortable air temperature may be say (+)16 oC , but a very cold air temperature may be say -20 oC
The figure is greater but the temperature is much less.
So think of numbers in the same way.
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∙ 9y agoA number A is said to be greater than another number B is A - B is more than 0.
If A is positive and B is negative, then A - B is always positive and so each positive number is greater than each negative number.
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Is decimal number greater than a negative number?
Positive numbers are greater than negative numbers. Decimals can be either positive or negative.
Explain in your own words how we add numbers with different signs?
Positive plus positive equals positive. Negative plus negative equals negative. Positive greater than negative equals positive. Negative greater than positive equals negative.
What does negative and positive mean?
A positive number is greater than zero; a negative number is less than zero.
Does a positive plus negative equal a negative?
If the positive number is greater than the negative, it's a positive. Ex: 8 + (-3) = 5 If the negative is greater though, then the answer is a negative. Ex: 3 + (-5) = -2
Can a negative number be greater than a positive number?
No. All positive numbers are greater than zero and all negative numbers are less than zero. Therefore, all positive numbers are greater than all negative numbers. That said, there is a such thing as absolute value, which is how far a number is from zero. For example the absolute value of -10 is 10. The absolute value of a negative number can be greater than that of a positive number.
Is positive 13 greater than or less than negative 51?
Greater than. Positive numbers are greater than negative numbers.
Is decimal number greater than a negative number?
Positive numbers are greater than negative numbers. Decimals can be either positive or negative.
When is the sum of a positive integer and a negative integer positive?
When the positive integer is greater than the negative integer.
Explain in your own words how we add numbers with different signs?
Positive plus positive equals positive. Negative plus negative equals negative. Positive greater than negative equals positive. Negative greater than positive equals negative.
Is positive 8 greater than negative 17?
All positive numbers are greater than all negative numbers.
In order from greatest to least which will go first 7 or -5?
12
Is a negative greater or less than a positive number?
A negative number is less than a positive number. Think about it this way: a negative number is less than 0. A positive number is greater than 0. Therefore, a negative number must be less than a positive number.
Is negative 8 greater than positive 8?
No, negative 8 is less than positive 8.
Is negative eight greater than fourteen?
no, negative eight is less than positive 14. negative eight is greater than negative 14
How do you tell which is greater a negative number or a positive number?
a positive number is always greater than a negative number
Is a negative number greater than a positive?
No.
What does negative and positive mean?
A positive number is greater than zero; a negative number is less than zero.
