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In the context of numbers on a number line, positive five is indeed greater than negative five. This is because numbers increase in value as you move to the right on a number line and decrease as you move to the left. Positive five is to the right of zero, while negative five is to the left of zero, making positive five greater than negative five.

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Write the number line horizontally with the negative numbers to the left, zero in the middle and positive numbers to the right, then the further right a number is, the greater it is; so with two numbers the number further right on the line is the greater of the two: Positive five is to the right of negative five, therefore it is greater than negative five, ie +5 > -5
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