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  or . 

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

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

Number line

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

 Related pages 
 Negative number

References

 Other websites 
 Math league website discussion of positive numbers

Category:Numbers
Category:Arithmetics