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  2. Negative number - Wikipedia

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    The difference remains positive if we subtract a negative number from a lower negative number. If we subtract a negative number from a positive number, the remainder is their positive sum. If we subtract a positive number from an empty power (martaba khāliyya), the remainder is the same negative, and if we subtract a negative number from an ...

  3. Subtraction - Wikipedia

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    For example, 26 cannot be subtracted from 11 to give a natural number. Such a case uses one of two approaches: Conclude that 26 cannot be subtracted from 11; subtraction becomes a partial function. Give the answer as an integer representing a negative number, so the result of subtracting 26 from 11 is −15.

  4. Arithmetic - Wikipedia

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    Using scientific notation, a number is decomposed into the product of a number between 1 and 10, called the significand, and 10 raised to some integer power, called the exponent. The significand consists of the significant digits of the number, and is written as a leading digit 1–9 followed by a decimal point and a sequence of digits 0–9.

  5. Number - Wikipedia

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    The negative of a positive integer is defined as a number that produces 0 when it is added to the corresponding positive integer. Negative numbers are usually written with a negative sign (a minus sign). As an example, the negative of 7 is written −7, and 7 + (−7) = 0. When the set of negative numbers is combined with the set of natural ...

  6. Talk:Negative number - Wikipedia

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    The resultant sign from multiplication when both are positive or one is positive and the other is negative can be illustrated so long as one uses the positive factor to give the cardinal value to the implied repeated addition or subtraction operation, or in other words, -5 x 2 = -5 + -5 = -10, or 10 ÷ -2 = 10 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 = 0 (the ...

  7. Integer - Wikipedia

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    [12] [13] Only positive integers were considered, making the term synonymous with the natural numbers. The definition of integer expanded over time to include negative numbers as their usefulness was recognized. [14] For example Leonhard Euler in his 1765 Elements of Algebra defined integers to include both positive and negative numbers. [15]

  8. Elementary arithmetic - Wikipedia

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    The predecessor of a natural number (excluding zero) is the previous natural number and is the result of subtracting one from that number. For example, the successor of zero is one, and the predecessor of eleven is ten ( 0 + 1 = 1 {\displaystyle 0+1=1} and 111 = 10 {\displaystyle 11-1=10} ).

  9. Mental calculation - Wikipedia

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    That initial answer’s tens digits (t (u 1 • u 2)) is added back to step 3’s initial answer. A+B+C are then added together to reach a sum (D). Step 4 is where the units digit to step 3’s initial answer to: (u 1 • u 2) is attached (symbolized by: @) to the end of the sum of steps 1-3. Step 4 = D @ u (u 1 • u 2) = E. Finally this ...