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What is a number and its opposite called?
For each positive number, there is a negative number that is its opposite. We write the opposite of a positive number with a negative or minus sign in front.The opposite of a number is also called its additive inverse.For example, 5 is the additive inverse of -5 and -5 is the additive inverse of 5.
Why does two minuses equal a plus?
A negative number is the opposite of a positive number. If a positive number measures the money you have, then a negative number measures the money you owe. If you multiply two negative numbers together, you are getting the opposite of an opposite. One negative negates the other, leaving you with a positive.
What is the opposite of -98?
The opposite of -98 is 98. In mathematics, the opposite of a negative number is the positive version of that number with the same magnitude. Therefore, when you reverse the sign of -98, you get 98.
Will the opposite of a positive number always sometimes or never be positive number?
Opposite of positive number will always be a negative number. The total of the two has to be zero as per the definition. So the zero does not have the opposite number.
What is the opposite of 495?
The opposite of 495 is -495. In mathematics, the opposite of a number is found by changing its sign, so positive numbers become negative and vice versa. Therefore, the opposite of a positive number like 495 is its negative counterpart.
Does every number have an opposite?
It depends on what you mean by an opposite. Every real number has an additive opposite but 0 does not have a multiplicative opposite.
Will the opposite of a positive number never be a positive number?
The answer depends on whether you mean additive opposite (TRUE) or multiplicative opposite (FALSE).
What the meaning of opposite in maths for kids to understand?
opposites somehow like a positive number is the opposite of a negative and a negative number is the opposite of a positive
What is The opposite of a negative number?
ill say a positive number
When a negative number is subtracted from a positive number is the difference always positive?
Yes, a negative number subtracted from a positive number will always be positive. Subtracting a negative number is the same as adding the opposite of the negative number. The opposite of a negative number is always positive. A positive number plus a positive number is always positive.
Can a positive have an opposite?
Any positive numbers opposite is the same number just as a negative.
What is the opposite of a negatve number?
A positive number.
The opposite number of positive number is a negative number?
Yes, and the opposite holds true as well.
The opposite of a negative number is?
Are you serious? A positive number.
What is the definition of opposite numbers?
The additive opposite of a positive is a negative, and the opposite of a negative is a positive. If you reverse the sign twice (opposite of opposite) you have the original number. The same applies to an inverse (multiplicative opposite): the inverse of any inverse for a nonzero number is the original number. n (1/n)(n) = n
What is a number and its opposite called?
For each positive number, there is a negative number that is its opposite. We write the opposite of a positive number with a negative or minus sign in front.The opposite of a number is also called its additive inverse.For example, 5 is the additive inverse of -5 and -5 is the additive inverse of 5.
Why does two minuses equal a plus?
A negative number is the opposite of a positive number. If a positive number measures the money you have, then a negative number measures the money you owe. If you multiply two negative numbers together, you are getting the opposite of an opposite. One negative negates the other, leaving you with a positive.
