Understanding Positive and Negative Numbers

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A number greater than zero. It is ordered to the right side of zero on a horizontal number line.

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Positive Number

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A number less than zero. It is ordered to the left side of zero on a horizontal number line.

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Negative Number

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A positive counting number starting with 0

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Whole number

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A number that can be written as a fraction a/b where a and b are integers

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Rational number

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The length between two points

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Distance

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The distance a number is away from zero

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Absolute value

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The solution to a subtraction problem

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Difference

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The set of whole number and their opposites

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integer

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values that are equal distance away from zero on the number line but on different sides of zero

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opposite

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The opposite of a given number. The sum of the number and its additive inverse is 0.

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additive inverse