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Positive integers and natural numbers Integers
are the same. Therefore, positive
integers can be written without the Negative 0 Positive
positive sign, . Integers Integers
123 123

45 45

4 . Write the correct numbers using the Venn diagram.

a. 5, 3, 12, 0 b. 9, 50, 100, 32, 14

Integers Integers

Negative Positive Negative Positive
Integers Integers Integers Integers

Math Story + and -

The positive symbol, +, was first introduced in the 13th
century by an Italian mathematician, Leonardo Pisano.
Pisano used the Latin word et(and) as the symbol for
addition.
The negative symbol, _, was invented by a German
mathematician, Widmann, who published Rechenungauf allen
Kauffmannschaft in 1489. Widmann used the symbol ‘_’ to
replace ‘m’, which was the abbreviation for ‘minus’ at that time.
In the beginning, the symbols were simply used for abbreviations.
But in 1514, these symbols were used for positive, negative, addition, and
subtraction by a Dutch mathematician, Hoecke.

19. Temperature 25
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