Temperature and Money Issues.
There are lots of situations in the real world in which there are opposites, which can conveniently be expressed with positive/negative numbers. Here are some examples:Having money (positive), having a debt (negative)Getting a profit (positive) or a loss (negative) with a business ventureAn altitude above (positive) or below (negative) sea levelGaining points or losing points in a gameMoving in one direction or in the opposite direction. In this case, it is quite arbitrary which direction is chosen as positive.
If you're talking about whole numbers, then negative integers. But since fractions and decimals are numbers, and are not integers, anything with a negative symbol before it comes before zero. Examples: -0.34, -40, -2/3
Well, honey, negative 4 is actually smaller than negative 7. Think of it as owing someone $7 being worse than owing them $4. So, in the world of numbers, negative 7 takes the cake for being the bigger negative. Hope that clears things up for ya!
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No it is more negative. Think of it like this. It's the complete opposite of Positive numbers. (regular non-negative numbers). Also, you have to subtract to get to -8, and obviously subtract means take away.
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Math class, thermometers.
No. Inventory and engineering work need negative numbers to measure. Also, how can we measure the temperature if it's freezing cold without negative numbers? Integers are needed for calculations and measurements in this world.
Negative numbers do not show up much in the real world unless someone is trying to figure out a problem. The numbers were first discovered by the Indian civilization.
Loss or negative growth, mostly in economic matters temperature
An overdrawn balance on your bank account is a negative number !
There are lots of situations in the real world in which there are opposites, which can conveniently be expressed with positive/negative numbers. Here are some examples:Having money (positive), having a debt (negative)Getting a profit (positive) or a loss (negative) with a business ventureAn altitude above (positive) or below (negative) sea levelGaining points or losing points in a gameMoving in one direction or in the opposite direction. In this case, it is quite arbitrary which direction is chosen as positive.
The concept of negative numbers originated in ancient civilizations, with evidence found in Chinese texts dating back to around 200 BCE, where they were used to represent debts. Indian mathematicians further developed the concept by the 7th century, recognizing negative numbers as valid solutions to equations. The acceptance of negative numbers gradually spread to the Islamic world and then to Europe during the Renaissance, where they were formalized within the framework of mathematics.
maqthematics the idea of Zero and negative numbers
Temperature in cold areas are negative. Below sea level is negative altitude. Degrees left on the world coordinates.
Sometimes those negative numbers are used like when reading the temperature from the thermometer and it's below 0°C
If you're talking about whole numbers, then negative integers. But since fractions and decimals are numbers, and are not integers, anything with a negative symbol before it comes before zero. Examples: -0.34, -40, -2/3