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What is a negative of a number?

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No

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No

Posted by: MUHAMIN on 02.06.2020

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Chandan S. from Jaipur
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representing the data below 0 is know as negative of that number

eg. when we want to represent temp below 0 so we have to take digits in negative Suraj R. from Delhi
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A negative number is a real number but less than zero. Negative number is any number to the left of zero on the number line. They are written by the - sign attached on the left.
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Vikash C. from Kolkata
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Negative of no is called integer S.Chandra from Kolkata
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The negative of any real number is actually its additive inverse .

For a positive real number, its negative will be just the same magnitude with the minus ( - ) sign. Similarly, for a negative real number, its negative will be just the same magnitude with the plus ( + ) sign. So in these cases, always the sign just flips keeping the magnitude or value of the number exactly the same. Rohit T. from Delhi
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Negetive of a no. Meant to be its additive inverse i.e. sum of that no. and its negetive is zero. Ex. Addtive inverse of 6 is -6 .6+(-6) = 0 Meenakshi K. from Coimbatore
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Negative of a number is less than zero. For example negative of 6 is -6. All the numbers on the left side of 0 of the number line are negative numbers. Namely -5, -4 and so on.
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....-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4...... If the above represents the number line, the numbers which are left side to the 0 are called as negative numbers. Also as the number line increases the negative number value decreases. The minus symbol indicates the negative sign. For eg: -2 is greater than -3 and less than -1. -1> -2>-3
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Mitali D. from Guwahati
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Negative of a number is a real number

Which is always less than zero.

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Rupa B. from Pune
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A negative number is an integer but when it is added with a greater positive number it changes to positive Priyanka G. from Gwalior
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Negative number is a real number that is less than 0. Negative number represent at left hand on number line • Like

Negative number is an integer which is less than 0.

Example : -1, -5 etc

On the number line we show it on the left hand side of 0. Negative numbers are always less than 0 and any positive numbers.

Within negative numbers, the larger the numerical value of the number, the less the number.

Example : -2 is less than -1, -8 is less than -4 etc

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It is a real nummber less than zero and thus it has a negative sign infront of the respective no.

Fo Ex. negative of the number 5= -5

It can be more understand with the help of number line system.

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Ritika A. from Delhi
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Negative of a number is a concept where you add this no. And it's counterpart to get identity of addition. For example: 5+(-5)=0, here -5 is negative of 5 Prakash R. from Ranchi
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Negative numbers is real numbers that is less than Zero (0). Ex- -1,-2,-3 etc. Negative numbers are represented left hand side on number line.
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Dilpreet K. from Chandigarh
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We know that 0 means nothing but there are instances in real life where we use numbers that are less than 0. For example - In few cold regions the temperature is below 0°Celsius i.e. -4°C or -40°C Here -4 and -40 are less than 0 and are called negative numbers. Hence, A negative number is any number that is less than 0 and is represented by a negative (-) sign. Gopal K. from Patna
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Himanshu A. from Gurgaon
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Negative of a number is the number multiplied by -1 in simpler terms the number itself decends in multiples of the number itself Hardik M. from Surat
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Negative of a number gives you the additive inverse of that number i.e. negative of 2 is -2. Therefore if you add 2 and -2 you get 0 So 2 and -2 are additive inverse of each other. Take another example say negative of -4. The answer is 4 because the additive inverse of -4 is 4. Negative of a number is actually additive inverse of that number.

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Negative number is real number that is less than zero Joydeep B. from Kolkata
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Negative of a given number is the same umber with opposite sign (i.e. its present sign is negated). The negative of a number can be obtained by negating (or adding a - sign in front of it) its current sign. For example negative of 3 = -(3) = -3. Similarly negative of -3 = -(-3) = +3 = 3. Because negative of negative is positive so negative of a negative number is a positive number.

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