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The opposite of a positive number is a negative number. For example, the positive number 5 becomes the negative number -5 (minus five).
Both numbers are the same distance either side of zero (-5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

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The opposite of a number depends on the context which is defined by the operation. There are additive opposites and, for non-zero numbers, multiplicative opposite.

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