Loading [MathJax]/extensions/mml2jax.js
Skip to main content
Library homepage
 

Text Color

Text Size

 

Margin Size

 

Font Type

Enable Dyslexic Font
Statistics LibreTexts

Search

  • Filter Results
  • Location
  • Classification
    • Article type
    • Author
    • Cover Page
    • License
    • Show TOC
    • Embed Jupyter
    • Transcluded
    • OER program or Publisher
    • Autonumber Section Headings
    • License Version
  • Include attachments
Searching in
About 5 results
  • https://stats.libretexts.org/Courses/Lake_Tahoe_Community_College/Support_Course_for_Elementary_Statistics%3A__ISP/03%3A_Operations_on_Numbers/3.01%3A_Perform_Signed_Number_Arithmetic
    Even though negative numbers seem not that common in the real world, they do come up often when doing comparisons.  For example, a common question is how much bigger is one number than another, which ...Even though negative numbers seem not that common in the real world, they do come up often when doing comparisons.  For example, a common question is how much bigger is one number than another, which involves subtraction.  In statistics we don't know the means until we collect the data and do the calculations.  This often results in subtracting a larger number from a smaller number which yields a negative number.  We need to be able to perform arithmetic on both positive and negative numbers.
  • https://stats.libretexts.org/Courses/Cerritos_College/Introduction_to_Statistics_with_R/21%3A_Math_Review_for_Introductory_Statistics/21.03%3A_Operations_on_Numbers/21.3.05%3A_Perform_Signed_Number_Arithmetic
    Even though negative numbers seem not that common in the real world, they do come up often when doing comparisons.  For example, a common question is how much bigger is one number than another, which ...Even though negative numbers seem not that common in the real world, they do come up often when doing comparisons.  For example, a common question is how much bigger is one number than another, which involves subtraction.  In statistics we don't know the means until we collect the data and do the calculations.  This often results in subtracting a larger number from a smaller number which yields a negative number.  We need to be able to perform arithmetic on both positive and negative numbers.
  • https://stats.libretexts.org/Courses/Montgomery_College/Support_Course_for_Elementary_Statistics/03%3A_Operations_on_Numbers/3.01%3A_Perform_Signed_Number_Arithmetic
    Even though negative numbers seem not that common in the real world, they do come up often when doing comparisons.  For example, a common question is how much bigger is one number than another, which ...Even though negative numbers seem not that common in the real world, they do come up often when doing comparisons.  For example, a common question is how much bigger is one number than another, which involves subtraction.  In statistics we don't know the means until we collect the data and do the calculations.  This often results in subtracting a larger number from a smaller number which yields a negative number.  We need to be able to perform arithmetic on both positive and negative numbers.
  • https://stats.libretexts.org/Courses/Fullerton_College/Math_121%3A__Support_for_Introductory_Probability_and_Statistics/07%3A_Operations_on_Numbers/7.05%3A_Perform_Signed_Number_Arithmetic
    Even though negative numbers seem not that common in the real world, they do come up often when doing comparisons.  For example, a common question is how much bigger is one number than another, which ...Even though negative numbers seem not that common in the real world, they do come up often when doing comparisons.  For example, a common question is how much bigger is one number than another, which involves subtraction.  In statistics we don't know the means until we collect the data and do the calculations.  This often results in subtracting a larger number from a smaller number which yields a negative number.  We need to be able to perform arithmetic on both positive and negative numbers.
  • https://stats.libretexts.org/Courses/Compton_College/Pre-Statistics/03%3A_Operations_on_Numbers/3.05%3A_Perform_Signed_Number_Arithmetic
    Even though negative numbers seem not that common in the real world, they do come up often when doing comparisons.  For example, a common question is how much bigger is one number than another, which ...Even though negative numbers seem not that common in the real world, they do come up often when doing comparisons.  For example, a common question is how much bigger is one number than another, which involves subtraction.  In statistics we don't know the means until we collect the data and do the calculations.  This often results in subtracting a larger number from a smaller number which yields a negative number.  We need to be able to perform arithmetic on both positive and negative numbers.

Support Center

How can we help?