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.
You lose 56 points in a video game.
The word lose tells us that our points go below certain level. This means that the number of points we have is decreasing. We use negative numbers to express the reduction of a number.
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