A few days ago
Anonymous

Whats the largest positive integer? And the largest negative integer? PLEASE ANSWER!?

I NEED THIS ANSWER FOR MY HOMEWORK PAPER! HELP!

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A few days ago
John V

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There is no largest positive or smallest negative integer.

Assume there was “a largest.” Then you could add 1 to it, making it larger. Same logic applies for negative numbers. 1 can always be subtracted.

Numbers continue without bound positively and negatively.

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A few days ago
Anonymous
In math, Integers do not end, so Negative Infinity would be the smallest and Infinity would be the largest.

In computer programming, however, Integers have specific sizes and limitations.

For example, in the language C#…

The smallest signed integer is:

-2,147,483,648

and the largest signed Integer is:

2,147,483,647

The smallest unsigned Integer is:

0

and the largest unsigned Integer is:

4,294,967,295

The largest negative Integer is always -1.

Good luck!

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A few days ago
MrMyers
There is no “largest positive number” because numbers go to infinity. The “largest negative integer” is -1. Mathematicians dont talk about numbers being larger than other numbers, but use “greater” instead.
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A few days ago
♥Shania♥
Positive infinity is the largest positive integer, and negative infinity is the largest negative integer.
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A few days ago
chris_at_lucas
Integers do not end. They continue…. (wait for it)…. infinitely.

Ditto for negative integers, although it should be noted that the “largest” negative integer would be -1.

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A few days ago
crocsroc
largest negative is -1 but positive would be infinity
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A few days ago
miss_j
+ or – infinity…the symbol looks like a sideways 8…

Don’t be afraid of the word integer…it just means number…

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A few days ago
Anonymous
largest negative interger is -1. largest postive?…well, there is no answer to that. There is no end to #’s
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A few days ago
Iminyourcloset
infinity its impossible just try to say that unless it shows a list of numbers which is asking for the highest and the lowest
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A few days ago
kerriwyn13
There is no such thing….for either, as numbers are infinite.
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