Understanding Opposites and Negatives

The video tutorial explains the concept of opposites in mathematics, focusing on how positive and negative numbers relate to each other. It uses the number line to illustrate how a number's opposite is its reflection across zero. The tutorial also delves into the meaning of the negative symbol, showing that it signifies the opposite of a number. Through examples, it demonstrates how the negative of a negative number results in a positive number, and how multiple negatives can be calculated by flipping across the number line.

What is the opposite of the number four?

• Zero

• Negative four

• Positive eight

• Positive four

What does the negative symbol represent?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Opposite

• Multiplication

If A is a number, what does negative A represent?

• Half of A

• The same number

• The opposite of A

• Double of A

On a number line, if A is three units to the right, where is negative A?

• Six units to the left

• At zero

• Three units to the right

• Three units to the left

What is the opposite of negative three?

• Negative six

• Zero

• Positive three

• Negative three

What happens when you take the opposite of a negative number?

• It becomes zero

• It becomes positive

• It stays the same

• It becomes more negative

What is the result of the negative of the negative of negative two?

• Zero

• Negative four

• Positive two

• Negative two

How does adding another negative affect a number?

• It flips the number to the opposite side

• It doubles the number

• It halves the number

• It adds to the number

If you have negative A, what does adding another negative do?

• Makes it positive A

• Makes it zero

• Makes it double A

• Makes it negative A

What is the effect of multiple negatives on a number?

• It has no effect

• It decreases the number

• It increases the number

• It flips the number multiple times