Table of Contents
- Understanding Positive and Negative Integers
- Summary
- Did You Know?
- What’s Next?
In the previous segment, we learnt how integers are represented on the number line. In this segment, we will learn a few important concepts about integers on the number line.
Understanding positive and negative integers on a number line
- The following figure represents a number line that shows zero in the middle, positive integers on the right, and negative ones on the left:
-6 -5 -4
-3 -2 -1
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Integers on a number line
- On the number line, the numbers increase in value towards the right and decrease in value towards the left.
For example, consider the number 2.
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- Any number to the right of 2, for example, 5, is greater than 2.
- Any number to its left, for example, 1 or -3, is less than 2.
Increasing
-6 -5 -4
-3 -2 –
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Decreasing
Value of integers in number line
