Understand Opposites on Number Line - 6th Grade Math

$0$. Zero remains zero regardless of how many opposites are taken.

$a$. Taking the opposite twice returns the original number.

$8$. Points to the right of zero are positive numbers.

$x=-13$. The opposite of $13$ is the negative value $-13$.

$x=6$. The opposite of $-6$ is the positive value $6$.

$-4$. The opposite of a positive number is negative.

$9$. The opposite of a negative number is positive.

$0$. Zero is its own opposite since it's neither positive nor negative.

$25$. Two negatives cancel out, returning the positive value.

They are on opposite sides of $0$, the same distance from $0$. Opposite signs place numbers equidistant from zero on different sides.

$6$ is to the right of $0$. Positive numbers are always positioned right of zero.

$-5$ is to the left of $0$. Negative numbers are always positioned left of zero.

The number the same distance from $0$ on the other side, $-a$. The opposite has the same distance but on the other side of zero.

$12$. The opposite changes the sign from negative to positive.

$3$. The opposite of the opposite returns the original number.

$-8$. Points to the left of zero are negative numbers.

$- \frac{3}{5} $. The opposite of a positive fraction is negative.

$0$ is its own opposite. Zero is equidistant from itself on both sides.

$\frac{7}{2}$. Double negative of a fraction returns the positive fraction.

They are the same distance from $0$ on opposite sides of $0$. Opposite signs place numbers equidistant from zero on different sides.

The number the same distance from $0$ but on the other side. The opposite has equal distance from zero but opposite direction.

$3$. Two negatives cancel out, returning the original positive value.

$15$. The opposite of an opposite returns the original number.

$0$. Zero remains zero regardless of how many opposites are taken.