Introducing Negative Numbers

Introducing Negative Numbers
Introduction

Negative numbers are used to represent values less than zero. They help describe situations in everyday life, such as temperatures below zero, money owed, depths below sea ...

Imagine you’re checking the weather and it says −10°F. On a number line, numbers less than zero are called negative numbers. For temperatures, smaller numbers mean colder. Since −10 is 10 less than 0, −10°F is 10 degrees colder than 0°F.

Here, zero is the reference point. Positive numbers go to the right, and negative numbers go to the lef...