The set of negative integers start from -1 up to negative infinity where the largest negative integer is -1 and the smallest negative number occurs at negative infinity (i.e., does not exist). Therefore, the smallest negative number does not exist.
There is no “smallest negative integer.” You can have an infinite number of negative numbers.
The greatest negative integer is - 1 From there the numbers progress towards negative infinity. There are an infinite number of negative integers as they approach negative infinity. Therefore, there are no smallest negative integers.
Hence, there is no smallest negative integer.
On a number line, numbers always increase (become "more positive") to the right and decrease (become "more negative") to the left. Numbers to the right are greater than numbers to the left and numbers to the left are less than numbers to the right.
So, −1 is the largest of all the negative numbers. Therefore, In conclusion we can say that −1 is the largest negative number. Note: It is also very important to note that one may think that just like the positive integers, the greatest negative integer will be tending to the negative of infinity.
We think of positive and negative numbers as being opposites because they are on opposite sides of the number line. Another important thing to know about negative numbers is that they get smaller the farther they get from 0. On this number line, the farther left a number is, the smaller it is. So 1 is smaller than 3.
Whole numbers together with negative natural number constitute integers. The largest negative integer is -1.
Positive numbers are greater than 0, and negative numbers are less than 0.
Save this answer. Show activity on this post. Doug, one cannot move in the opposite direction (−1) with relation to anything until one has chosen a direction, i.e. a basis. No numbers exist other than in theory -- negative, positive, imaginary, or otherwise.
In mathematics, −1 (also known as negative one or minus one) is the additive inverse of 1, that is, the number that when added to 1 gives the additive identity element, 0. It is the negative integer greater than negative two (−2) and less than 0.
Unit Imaginary Number
The square root of minus one √(−1) is the "unit" Imaginary Number, the equivalent of 1 for Real Numbers. In mathematics the symbol for √(−1) is i for imaginary.
There's no such thing as negative zero. For a binary integer, setting the sign bit to 1 and all other bits to zero, you get the smallest negative value for that integer size. (Assuming signed numbers.) Negative zero is actually used in mathematical analysis, especially in limit calculations.
Numbers approach negative infinity as they move left on a number line and positive infinity as they move right on a number line. Negative infinity is always less than any number, and positive infinity is greater than any number.
Infinity is just a concept of endlessness, and can be used to represent numbers going on forever. Negative infinity is the opposite of (positive) infinity, or just negative numbers going on forever.
The natural number following 0 is 1 and no natural number precedes 0.
Numbers can be positive or negative. Positive numbers are greater than 0, and negative numbers are less than 0.
"-5" is more negative than "-2".
Every negative integer is on the left of zero on the number line. Hence, zero is greater than every negative integer.
Negative numbers are always less than positive numbers (and zero) and therefore, always to the left of positive numbers when numbers are placed in ascending order.
Therefore, the smallest positive integer is 1.
Hence -1 is the largest negative integer.
And, the numbers left to 0 (zero) are the negative integers. Negative integers are numbers that are less than zero. Now, when we move right in the number line from 0 we will find -1 to be the first one we will observe. So, -1 is the greatest of all the negative integers.