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Are negative numbers greater than less than or equal to positive numbers?
Less than.
Is positive 13 greater than or less than negative 51?
Greater than. Positive numbers are greater than negative numbers.
Why is a negative number less than a positive number?
A negative number is defined as a number that is less than zero. Positive numbers, on the other hand, are more than zero. You can see that positive numbers are greater than negative numbers because they are all above zero, which negative numbers are not.
How do you know if its a negative or a positive number?
negative numbers are numbers less than zero. negative numbers have a negative sign in front of them EX: -9 negative nine positive numbers are anything more than zero. EX: 9 positive nine
Is negative 5 greater than positive 0?
Zero isn't positive or negative. All negative numbers are less than zero.There is no such thing as "positive" (or "negative") zero.Also, a negative number is always less than any positive number.
What are positive and negative numbers called?
Positive numbers are greater than zero and negative numbers are less than zero. They are both collectively referred to as real numbers.
Is negative 8 greater than negative 2?
No. Negative numbers are always smaller than positive numbers.
How is a negative integer less then any positive integer?
Because positive numbers are to the right of negative numbers on the number line. If you have two numbers, one the negative of the other, and you add the positive to the negative, you get zero. If you add the positive to zero, you get a positive number. So positive numbers are an increase from zero, which is an increase from negative numbers. A negative number may have a greater absolute value than a positive number, but it will always be less than a positive number.
Is negative 8 greater than positive 6?
No. All negative numbers are less than any positive number.
Is negative 12 less than 11?
Negative numbers are less than zero and less than positive numbers, so that negative 12 is less than positive 11. To put it another way, if you have 11 dollars, but you owe 12 dollars, you will owe one dollar more than you have.
How can one number be less than another and the absolute values of the number be the same?
If "one number" is negative and "another" is positive and the absolute values are the same, then "one number" will be less (because it is negative) than "another" (because it is positive). All negative numbers are less than any positive numbers.
Any negative numeral less than ten?
Yes, an infinity of them. All negative numbers are less than ten (which is positive).
