document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=10970>Question 10970</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> My 8th grade daughter is in Pre-Algebra.  She is working on Integers.  I do not know what an Integer is.  Her problem is to write an Integer to represent each quantity.  These are her problems.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a win by 7 points.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "an elevation of 3,400 ft.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks for your help. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #5793 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=askmemath><B>askmemath(368)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=askmemath><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=5793\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  Positive integers are all the whole numbers greater than zero: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Negative integers are all the opposites of these whole numbers: -1, -2, -3, -4, -5, … .\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0 is neutral-- it's neither positive nor negative.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let us take 0 as a starting point.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A win by 7 points mean 0+7 = +7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Similarly,a loss would mean 0-7 = -7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Elevation would mean 0+3400 = +3400 feet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Depression would mean 0-3400 = -3400 feet (By the way,in everyday terms we refer to this as __ feet above/below sea-level) </SPAN>\n" );
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