Mathematics GCSE
Operations with negative numbers
What Operations with negative numbers means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Operations with negative numbers
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The rules for negative numbers, such as negative × negative = positive, apply to all number types.
Topics that use Operations with negative numbers
- Number - Structure and calculation (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Base
- cancelling common factors
- Circumference
- Counting without replacement
- denominator
- equivalent fractions
- Error interval
- estimating roots
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