Question

Subtract the greatest negative integer and the smallest positive integer

Answer 1

Greatest negative integer is -1 and smallest positive integer is 1.

If we subtract greatest negative integer from smallest positive integer

It would be

1-(-1)=2

Answer 2

• What are integers?

=> Integers includes the positive numbers, negative numbers as well as zero.

• What are positive integers?

=> Positive integers includes positive numbers that are 1, 2, 3, 4............. . and so on to infinite. In positive integers, 1 is the smallest number.


• What are negative integers?

=> Negative integers includes negative numbers that are -1, -2, -3, -4......... and so on to infinite. In negative integers, -1 is the biggest number.

Note :- Zero is neither positive nor negative.



Now coming to the question :-


Question :- Subtract the greatest negative integer and the smallest positive integer.


Solution :- The greatest negative number is -1 and the smalletlst postive number is 1

(-1) - 1

= -2



So, (-1) - 1 = -2