What is a negative number?
AA number that is less than zero
BA number that is greater than zero
CA number that is exactly zero
DA number that has no whole part
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. A number that is less than zero
1. Every number sits somewhere on the number line relative to zero.
2. A negative number is one that is less than zero.
3. On the number line it therefore lies to the left of zero.
4. Temperatures below freezing are the everyday example of such numbers.
_Source: OpenStax Prealgebra (CC BY 4.0), Ch 3 "Integers", section Locate Positive and Negative Numbers on the Number Line_
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