Positive and Negative Numbers

Numbers can also be either positive, if they are greater than 0 or negative, if they are less than 0.

A number line can be used to help visualise the difference between positive and negative numbers.

On the left of the number line you can see the negative numbers and on the right you can see the positive numbers. Number lines can be used to show how big a number is in comparison to another number.

On the number line above 4 is the biggest number and -4 is the smallest number.