Use the websites below to answer these questions.
Be sure to write the answers to the questions in your own words. You will not receive any credit for answers that are copied directly from a website.
Write your answers to these questions in the History of Negative Integers section of the Integer Webquest packet.
A clear understandable answer written in complete sentences is required.
Questions to be researched:
1. In what century were negative integers finally accepted?
2. Which cultures were the first to use negative integers and what contributions did they make?
3. When was the word integer introduced?
4. What does the word integer mean in Latin?
5. What is the symbol for integers, where does it comes from and what does it mean?
The History of Negative Integers Websites
Negative Numbers
Subtraction and the Rest of the Integers
Online Etymology Dictionary
Negative Numbers at MathPages
Properties of Real Numbers: Negative Numbers
History of Negative Numbers
Math is Good for You
Be sure to write the answers to the questions in your own words. You will not receive any credit for answers that are copied directly from a website.
Write your answers to these questions in the History of Negative Integers section of the Integer Webquest packet.
A clear understandable answer written in complete sentences is required.
Questions to be researched:
1. In what century were negative integers finally accepted?
2. Which cultures were the first to use negative integers and what contributions did they make?
3. When was the word integer introduced?
4. What does the word integer mean in Latin?
5. What is the symbol for integers, where does it comes from and what does it mean?
The History of Negative Integers Websites
Negative Numbers
Subtraction and the Rest of the Integers
Online Etymology Dictionary
Negative Numbers at MathPages
Properties of Real Numbers: Negative Numbers
History of Negative Numbers
Math is Good for You