Positive number

A positive number, otherwise referred to as a plus number or an above number, is an opposite number that is bigger than zero. The set of all positive integers is written as ${\displaystyle \mathbb {N} }$ or ${\displaystyle \mathbb {Z} _{+}}$.^[1]

A positive number can be written with a "+" symbol in front of it, or just as a number.^[2] For example, the numbers "+3" and "3" are the same.

Positive numbers are written to the right of zero on a number line:

In the above line, the positive numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are shown.

Related pages

• Negative number