Question

Choose the correct statements about integers.

• A. An integer is positive, it means it is less than zero.
• B. An integer is negative, it means it is less than zero.
• C. An integer is negative, it means it is greater than zero.
• D. An integer is positive, it means it is greater than zero.

Answer 1

Answer: (B), (D)

The correct options are
B

An integer is negative, it means it is less than zero.

D

An integer is positive, it means it is greater than zero.

If you observe number line, you will notice that the integers on the right side of zero are greater than zero and hence they are called positive integers. Also, the numbers on the left side of zero are less than zero and they are known as negative integers.

Let us take examples of few numbers:

$5>0$, $7>0$, $10>0$ and so on.

$-6<0$, $-3<0$, $-9<0$ and so on.

Therefore

An integer is positive, it means it is greater than zero.

An integer is negative, it means it is less than zero.