Saturday 17 March 2012

Negative numbers

Hello students, in this session we are going to discuss the negative numbers for Grade IV. Numbers are helpful to count anything. And in mathematics we used so many types of numbers; for example real, positive, negative, whole, prime, odd and even and many more. We cannot imagine the calculation in mathematics without the help of numbers. In mathematics we also use the negative numbers, now the question is that how to define negative numbers, let’s take a look. They are the numbers that are less than the zero.
For example : - -1, -4, -5, -9, -75 these are the negative numbers. (Also improve your skills by reading Negative Correlation Coefficient)
In the negative numbers we do not include the 0. The negative numbers are denoted by this ' - ' symbol. This symbol is called the Minus sign or symbol and we used this symbol when we need to show that we have negative numbers for example -7, -85, -124, -5543, if you want to show the negative numbers then it is necessary to apply the sign or put this sign just before the number. (also play adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers worksheet)
Negative numbers are the just opposite of the positive numbers. We can express the negative numbers by taking an example : - -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
In above number line the numbers that are left to the zero are known as the negative numbers. And those numbers that are right to the zero are said to be the positive numbers.
In negative numbers we can also perform any binary operation such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Mainly negative numbers are used in the accounting and science to show the less than zero values.


In upcoming posts we will discuss about Positive numbers and Estimates of Measurements in Grade V. Visit our website for information on West Bengal council of higher secondary education syllabus

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