Positive numbers are numbers that are greater than 0. These numbers can be written with or without a positive sign. Negative numbers are less than 0 and are always written with a negative sign.
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Positive numbers are numbers that are greater than 0. These numbers can be written with or without a positive sign. Negative numbers are less than 0 and are always written with a negative sign.
Integers are the set of whole numbers and their opposites. Let’s use this information to write a positive or negative integer that represents the given situation.
A football team loses 3 yards.
The word loses tell us that the number of yards that the team has, goes below certain level. This means that the number of yards the team has is decreasing. We use negative numbers to express the reduction of a number.
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