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Arithmetic Grade Five

Lesson Thirty-one: Negative Numbers

The positive numbers are those numbers with values greater than zero. The negative numbers have values which are less than zero. Study the following table:

Below Zero Name Negative Name Number
four below zero negative four -4
ten below zero negative ten -10
fifteen below zero negative fifteen -15
two below zero negative two -2

Below Zero Name	Negative Name	Number
four below zero	negative four	-4
ten below zero	negative ten	-10
fifteen below zero	negative fifteen	-15
two below zero	negative two	-2

As you can see you can say the name for -4 as "four below zero" or as "negative four." To say it another way, -4 is four less than zero. On the next page is an activity which asks you to respond with a negative number given one of the names for a negative number. Here's an example:


	PROMPT: negative four
	ANSWER: -4

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