Question

is zero positive or negative ?

Answer 1

neither. It stands as its own

Answer 2

neither

Answer 3

An integer is a whole number that can be either greater than 0, called positive, or less than 0, called negative. Zero is neither positive nor negative.

Answer 4

if you have zero dollars, do you have something?
if you owe someone zero dollars, are you in debt?

Answer 5

Having nothing is still having something. #philosophy

Answer 6

lol, philosophy is made up as you go so it doesnt count

Answer 7

zero is a staring point, negative and postive are directions FROM zero

Answer 8

*starting, positive ... typos abound

Answer 9

last definition i found was neutral \(\pm\)

Answer 10

is \[n \ge 1\] same as \[n > 0\]?

Answer 11

yes

Answer 12

-.-

Answer 13

if we are speking of integers values

Answer 14

if you're talking about integer yes. Otherwise no

Answer 15

its not same as ,you can conclude second one from first one .

Answer 16

.5 > 0 but .5 < 1

Answer 17

am i right to say that whole number means integer while numbers with decimals means real number ?

Answer 18

not quite

Answer 19

no not like this ,
5 >1
then 5>0

Answer 20

so confusing with the terms

Answer 21

all whole numbers are integers, but not every integer is a whole number

Answer 22

whaaaat..

Answer 23

integers: ...,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,...
whole numbers: [0],1,2,3,... theres debate over 0 being whole or natural or counting or etc

Answer 24

what is the difference between Real numbers, Integers and Whole number ? @@

Answer 25

see this (keep in mind, in most places whole numbers start from 1)

http://assets.openstudy.com/updates/attachments/53ef818de4b01789aba676be-camerondoherty-1408205232226-image131.jpg

Answer 26

zero is the only neutral number, so it is neither positive nor negative

Answer 27

a whole number will have to be defined by your lesson material

Answer 28

real numbers come in 2 forms, rational and irrational:

a rational number is of the form: a/b such that a and b are integers

an irrational number is any value that cannot be written as a rational number

rational numbers can be broken into sets and subsets

Answer 29

thank you everyone.. sorry for being so dumb

Answer 30

When we define the set of natural numbers, N, we say it is the set of all positive whole numbers. (i.e. 1,2,3,4,5....). As we say zero is not positive, we wouldn't include it. The same goes for if we were talking about negative numbers...we wouldn't include zero as it is not a negative number either.

Zero is essentially just something that sits in between the sets of positive and negative numbers. We define whether a number is positive or negative, and how positive or negative it is, from our starting point at zero. We would say that both 10 and 1 are positive whole numbers as they would be positioned to the right of zero on the number line, and we would say that 10 is 'more positive' or has a greater positive magnitude than 1 as it sits further away from zero. So, generally speaking, zero is neither a positive or negative value.

Answer 31

there is no concensus on 0 being a whole number or natural number and is best defined in the context of individual material

Answer 32

for some reason any discussion on zero reminds me of below video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbjflbfI-eg

watch it for a good laugh :)

Answer 33

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=natural+number