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Which listed value sits below zero on a number line?Read the answer and worked solution →On a number line, where do negative numbers lie?Read the answer and worked solution →Which symbol is usually placed before a negative number?Read the answer and worked solution →How is the number -3 usually read aloud?Read the answer and worked solution →Is zero positive, negative, or neither?Read the answer and worked solution →Which collection of numbers forms the set of integers?Read the answer and worked solution →Which listed value cannot be called an integer?Read the answer and worked solution →The boldface letter Z stands for which set?Read the answer and worked solution →From which German word does the integer symbol Z come?Read the answer and worked solution →The word integer comes from a Latin word meaning what?Read the answer and worked solution →A diver is 4 m below the surface and dives 6 m deeper. Where is the diver?Read the answer and worked solution →A credit of 8 meets a debt of 3. What is the net result?Read the answer and worked solution →Asha has 3 rupees but owes 9 rupees. What is her net position?Read the answer and worked solution →A town is at 3 degrees below zero and the temperature rises by 7. What is the new reading?Read the answer and worked solution →Subtracting a negative number gives the same result as what?Read the answer and worked solution →Subtracting a positive number equals adding what?Read the answer and worked solution →Subtracting a larger number from a smaller one gives what kind of result?Read the answer and worked solution →Negative three is the result of subtracting three from which number?Read the answer and worked solution →What sign has the product of one positive and one negative number?Read the answer and worked solution →The product of two negative numbers is always what?Read the answer and worked solution →Adding three copies of -2 gives which value?Read the answer and worked solution →Removing two debts of 3 each leaves you with what gain?Read the answer and worked solution →Which law forces a negative times a negative to be positive?Read the answer and worked solution →If 2 x (-3) = -6, what must (-2) x (-3) equal?Read the answer and worked solution →When the dividend and divisor have the same sign, what is the result?Read the answer and worked solution →A negative number divided by a positive number gives what sign?Read the answer and worked solution →The sign rules for division match those of which operation?Read the answer and worked solution →Negating the number -3 produces which value?Read the answer and worked solution →A number added to its negation always gives what?Read the answer and worked solution →The negation of a number is also called its what?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which listed value sits below zero on a number line?

  1. -7
  2. 0
  3. 4
  4. 12
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Correct answer: A. -7

1. A negative number is a real number that is less than zero. 2. Only -7 lies below zero. 3. 0 is neither negative nor positive, and 4 and 12 are positive. _Source: Wikipedia, Negative number, Lead section_

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On a number line, where do negative numbers lie?

  1. To the right of zero
  2. On both sides of zero
  3. To the left of zero
  4. At the same spot as zero
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Correct answer: C. To the left of zero

1. Zero sits in the middle of the number line. 2. Positive numbers lie to its right and negative numbers lie to its left. 3. So the right side and both sides are wrong, and zero has its own single point. _Source: Wikipedia, Negative number, The number line_

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Which symbol is usually placed before a negative number?

  1. Plus sign
  2. Equals sign
  3. Division sign
  4. Minus sign
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Correct answer: D. Minus sign

1. Negative numbers are usually written with a minus sign in front. 2. For example, -3 is a negative quantity with magnitude three. 3. A plus sign marks a positive number, and the other signs are operations or relations. _Source: Wikipedia, Negative number, Lead section_

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