Guided Notes: Intro to Integers

Whole numbers are the set of numbers on the number line, starting with (a)   , and then counting up one at a time: 1, 2, 3, 4….

The negative numbers are just like a __________   ______________ of the numbers on the right side of the number line that we call the positive numbers.

(a)  

And (a)   is the special number that separates the positive numbers from the negative numbers.

That entire set of numbers gets a special name in math. They’re called  ‘the (a)   .

The negative sign looks just like the MINUS sign. 

If the number has no sign in front of it we know it is a positive number. 

The numbers get BIGGER when you move to the (a)  

And they get smaller as you move to the (a)