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Number · B3.3 · B3.4

Where Does the Minus Live?

Step 1 of 7. A question to start.

Three places for one sign

You can write minus two thirds in more than one way.

The sign can sit in front of the whole fraction.

It can sit on the top number. It can also sit on the bottom number.

Those three all name the same point on the number line.

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You can write minus two thirds in more than one way.

The sign can sit in front of the whole fraction.

It can sit on the top number. It can also sit on the bottom number.

Those three all name the same point on the number line.