Introduction to Positive and Negative Numbers

Positive numbers have no sign in front

Numbers with no signs are understood to be positive

Negative numbers have a (-) sign in front of the number.

The left side of 0 is negative

The right side of 0 is positive

As number increase, they move towards the right

As numbers decrease, they move towards the left

Just like with positives, negative numbers are bigger and smaller than others.

All negative numbers are smaller than positive numbers and 0

Negative numbers are opposite in rank than positive.

Positive numbers get bigger as they increase 1, 2, 3

Negative number get smaller as they go from -1, -2 , -3

Negative and Positive number can be plotted on a number line AND a coordinate plane.

A coordinate plane has a vertical number line and a horizontal number line that meet at the origin or (0,0)