Positive and negative numbers and zero

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Positive, negative numbers and zero are a fundamental topic in algebra, it is very easy to understand it by drawing a number line in which zero is located in the middle.

  • Zero is our reference point.
  • The positive numbers are the same numbers we use to this day and are located to the right of zero. Now that we are beginning to study the subject of positive and negative numbers, we will see a sign before the positive ones, the plus sign (+), to make it clear that it is a positive number, but, later, after we understand the subject well, we will suppress it.
  • Negative numbers are those that are located on the left side of zero and have a minus sign (-). Unlike positive numbers, the minus sign will always appear next to negative numbers to indicate that they are actually negative numbers.

We will illustrate this on the number line:

A1 - Positive and negative numbers and zero

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What is the distance between 0 and F?

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Ejemplos y ejercicios con soluciones de números positivos, negativos y el cero

Exercise #1

What is the distance between 0 and F?

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Let's begin by marking F and 0 on the number line

We can thus determine that:

F=0 F=0

Therefore, the distance is 0 steps.

Answer

0

Exercise #2

What is the distance between C and H?

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We first mark the letter C on the number line and then proceed towards the letter H:

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Note that the distance between the two letters is 5 steps.

Answer

5

Exercise #3

What is the distance between F and B?

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One might think that as a consequence of the displacement on the axis being towards the negative domain, the result is also negative.

However it is important to keep in mind that here we are referring to the distance.

Distance can never be negative.

Even if the displacement is towards the negative domain, the distance is an existing value.

Answer

4

Exercise #4

What is the distance between D and K?

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We first mark the letter D on the number line and then proceed towards the letter K:

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Note that the distance between the two letters is 7 steps.

Answer

7

Exercise #5

What is the distance between J and D?

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Let's begin by marking the letter J on the number line and then proceeding towards the letter D:

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Note that the distance between the two letters is 6 steps

Answer

6

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