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Number Properties | Integer 0

by [email protected] » Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:53 am

Can anyone explain the status of integer 0. Manhattan considers it a positive even integer whereas GMAT Books dont. Please clear the status.

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by vk_vinayak » Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:01 am

[email protected] wrote:Can anyone explain the status of integer 0. Manhattan considers it a positive even integer whereas GMAT Books dont. Please clear the status.

Can you quote the reference for the MGMAT (page number /prob) etc?

0 is neither positive nor negative.

0 is an even integer.

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by everything's eventual » Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:11 am

"0" is an even number. However, it is not considered +ve or -ve. It is just nuetral.

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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Sun Sep 23, 2012 6:36 am

[email protected] wrote:Can anyone explain the status of integer 0. Manhattan considers it a positive even integer whereas GMAT Books dont. Please clear the status.

Zero is an even integer - the GMAT sometimes likes to test this fact.

Zero is neither positive or negative - I'm pretty sure that MGMAT would not claim that zero is positive. They might say that zero is non-negative, but that doesn't mean that it's positive.

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