What's Opposites in Math?

The opposite of a number is the number on the other side of 0 number line, and the same distance from 0.

What is the opposite of the number − 7?

Finding the opposite of a positive number

What is the opposite of 7? To find the opposite of the positive number 7, we simply add a negative sign to get −7. Both 7 and −7 are seven units from 0 on the number line, so 7 and −7 are opposites of each other.

What is the opposite of 5?

The opposite of 5 is -5.