Negative Numbers

You probably know the very simple basics about positive numbers, so now you probably want to learn about negative numbers. Well, you've come to the right place. Negative numbers are the opposite of positive numbers, like 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and so on. One thing you'll need to know about negative numbers is that they look very different than what positive numbers look like. Negative numbers look like this: -1, -2, -3, -4, -5, and so on. Do not forget that negatives have the - sign. Now to move on. When you add a negative to a negative you would go further down the negative line. For example: -3 + -4 = -7. This is just like when you add a positive to a positive, only with negatives. If you subtract a negative from a negative you would go closer to zero, or maybe even a positive. For example: -9 - -11 = 2. If you get to zero and still have more numbers left, you would go up the positive line. Same goes for positives. Only the opposite way. When adding a negetive to a positive, you would actually subtract whatever number it was in its absolute value, meaning as if it were a positive. For example: 8 + -7 = 1. Same goes for the negatives, only the... well... you probably know what I'm going to say. When you are subtracting a negative from a positive, you're actually adding the negative number in its absolute value. For example: 5 - -6 = 11. If you still don't understand negatives, go to www.khanacademy.org and watch their videos on negative numbers. See ya!