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Is 0 a negative or positive number?

 Jan 8, 2015

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Hmmm.....interesting question anonymous.

0 is neither negative nor positive.

It is kind of the median of all numbers.....every number has an opposite except 0

But 0 is a number!  It doesn't have a positive or negative form.

Why,  you may ask,  don't you put a negative sign in front of it?

Because it isn't negative.

Then why, you might ask,  do you leave it alone?  You do the same with positives!

You do have a point there.  But you can add a plus (+) sign in front of a positive too.  Most of the time it isn't necessary,  because you always put a minus (-) sign in front of a negative number,  but you can put the addition sign to show positive numbers.  When you do so,  0 doesn't get one.

So there is your answer!  I liked this question!

 Jan 8, 2015
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Best Answer

Hmmm.....interesting question anonymous.

0 is neither negative nor positive.

It is kind of the median of all numbers.....every number has an opposite except 0

But 0 is a number!  It doesn't have a positive or negative form.

Why,  you may ask,  don't you put a negative sign in front of it?

Because it isn't negative.

Then why, you might ask,  do you leave it alone?  You do the same with positives!

You do have a point there.  But you can add a plus (+) sign in front of a positive too.  Most of the time it isn't necessary,  because you always put a minus (-) sign in front of a negative number,  but you can put the addition sign to show positive numbers.  When you do so,  0 doesn't get one.

So there is your answer!  I liked this question!

happy7 Jan 8, 2015
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positive...?

 Jan 8, 2015

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