Negative number

A negative number, also known as a minus number or below number, is an opposite number that is smaller than zero. For example:

  • If a positive number is distance up, then a negative number is distance down.
  • If a positive number is distance to the right, then a negative number is distance to the left.
  • If a positive number is a deposit to a bank account, then a negative number is a withdrawal from that bank account.
  • If a positive number is a quantity of minutes in the future, then a negative number is a quantity of minutes in the past.
  • If a positive number means addition, then a negative number means subtraction.

The counting numbers (1, 2, 3, and so on) are all positive numbers. The positive numbers, negative numbers, and the number zero, taken together, are called "signed numbers" or integers.

The number zero is neither positive nor negative. Zero is its own opposite; so +0 = −0. That is, zero steps to the right is the same as zero steps to the left.

A negative number is always less than zero.

A negative number is written by putting a minus sign, "−", in front of a positive number. For example, 3 is a positive number, but −3 is a negative number. It is read "negative three" or "minus three"; it means the opposite of 3.

Negative numbers are left of zero on a number line. A number and its opposite are always the same distance from zero. The negative number −3 is just as far to the left of zero as 3 is to the right of zero:

Number line

Sometimes, for emphasis, we write the pair of opposite numbers as −3 and +3.

A number and its opposite always add to zero. So the sum of −3 and +3 is 0. We can write this either as −3 + 3 = 0 or as 3 + (− 3) = 0. In addition, a number and its opposite are said to "cancel each other out".

The set of negative real numbers is sometimes written as .[1]

Arithmetic with negative numbers

  • Adding a negative number to something is the same as subtracting a positive number from it.[2] For example, to add the negative number "−1" to the number "9" is the same as subtracting one from nine. In symbols:
9 + (−1) = 9 − 1 = 8
  • Subtracting a negative number from something is the same as adding a positive number to it. For example, to subtract the negative number "−8" from the number "6" is the same as adding the number "6" and the number "8". In symbols:
6 − (−8) = 6 + 8 = 14
  • A negative number multiplied by another negative number produces a positive number. For example, to multiply the negative number "−3" by the negative number "−2" is the same as multiplying the number "3" by the number "2". In symbols:
(−3) × (−2) = 3 × 2 = 6
  • A negative number multiplied by a positive number produces a negative number. For example, to multiply the negative number "−4" by the positive number "5" is like multiplying the number "4" by the number "5", but the answer is negative. In symbols:
(−4) × 5 = −(4 × 5) = −20

Uses of negative numbers

When a person got a debt, people sometimes say that they have a negative amount of money. Negative numbers are used in accounting and science.

References

  1. ↑ "Comprehensive List of Algebra Symbols". Math Vault. 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  2. ↑ "Adding and Subtracting Positive and Negative Numbers". www.mathsisfun.com. Retrieved 2020-10-12.

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