An Introduction to the Integers

Let's see how negative numbers can explain situations that cannot be explained by the positive integers

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The set of integers is the set of negative numbers, zero, and positive numbers

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You can easily visualise positive and negative numbers on a number line

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the symbol < means “is less than” and > that means “is greater than

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The absolute value of a number gives the distance between the number and 0 in the number line

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Two numbers that are the same distance from 0 on the number line, but on opposite sides of it, are called opposites or negatives

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