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Course: Get ready for 7th grade > Unit 1
Lesson 2: Negative symbol as oppositeNumber opposites review
Review the opposites of numbers, and try some practice problems.
What is the opposite of a number?
The opposite of a number is the number on the other side of on the number line, and the same distance from .
Example:
Ways to write the opposite of a number
We can write the opposite of a number using a negative sign.
Example:
The opposite of can be written .
Want to learn more about number opposites? Check out this video.
Practice
Want to try more problems like this? Check out these exercises:
Number opposites
Number opposites challenge
Number opposites challenge
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- what is negative?(4 votes)
- A negative number is any number that is worth less than 0.
-4 is a negative number because it is worth less than 0. -4 would be found to the left of 0 on the number line.(130 votes)
- Can there be negative fractions(34 votes)
- yes no matter what kind of math there is always a negative(30 votes)
- so that also means that the opposite of 0 is 0(24 votes)
- Yes. 0 is neither positive nor negative; the number is "neutral". So, the opposite of the number 0 is simply 0.(30 votes)
- what is the opposite of 657854093221(14 votes)
- I agree it is for real kind of hard and easy at the same time(30 votes)
- It is so strange how "0" doesn't have an opposite like -0(15 votes)
- That's because if there was a 0 in the whole numbers world and a 0 in the decimal world, it would make sense, or at least for me it wouldn't.(16 votes)
- oh my ord this is SO EASY AND IM GOING INTO 7th GRADE YO(20 votes)
- You might get an -F because of that.(4 votes)
- what is a positive and a negative(13 votes)
- A number is positive if it is greater than or equal to zero. A number is negative if it is less than or equal to zero.
Exsample of a negative number is : -3
Exsample of a positive number : 7
Does that help?(18 votes)
- All videos have been great so far. But the videos about absolute numbers have not helped me much to pass the tests. I feel like I am back at school again when teachers stand over my head and wonder why I don't get it. All the other videos have been so good. :( I simply cannot get the info I need from the related videos
Is it just me? Or does anyone else share my experience with these particular videos?(13 votes)- I Agree maybe ask an adult about that.(4 votes)
- ion get it cause it hurtsmy brain(16 votes)