Symbols:Arithmetic and Algebra/Negative Quantity

Positive


A unary operator prepended to a number to indicate that it is negative.

For example:
 * $-6$

If a number does not have either $+$ or $-$ prepended, it is assumed to be positive by default.

Also see

 * Positive Quantity

See:
 * Symbols:Subtraction
 * Symbols:Set Difference (Variant)
 * Symbols:Logical Not (Minus)

for other uses of this symbol.