Posts tagged positive and negative numbers
Adding and subtracting signed numbers

Think about signed numbers just as positive and negative numbers. Positive numbers have positive signs (even though we often write positive numbers without actually putting a positive sign in front of them), whereas negative numbers have negative signs. So 3, 7, and 11 are all positive numbers, but -2, -6, and -9 are all negative numbers.

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What are opposite numbers?

When we talk about the “opposite of a number,” we’re specifically talking about the positive and negative versions of the same number. Now that’s not a technical definition by any means, so let me show you what I mean.

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