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Is 0 considered a positive integer 16 Sep 2005, 13:32
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Okey dokey, I'll answer my own question.

Positive integers are all the whole numbers greater than zero: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ... . Negative integers are all the opposites of these whole numbers: -1, -2, -3, -4, -5, … . We do not consider zero to be a positive or negative number.
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Is 0 considered a positive integer 16 Sep 2005, 13:56
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But zero is still an even number, right?
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Is 0 considered a positive integer 16 Sep 2005, 14:05
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An even number is one that divides evenly by 2, with no remainder. So yes, 0 is considered an even number. But it's neither positive nor negative. It is a member of the set of all integers, though, which seems to be a frequent trap in GMAT questions.
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Is 0 considered a positive integer 17 Sep 2005, 12:03
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0 is an even number...

for those people that have studied math in foreign countries (esp India) 0 is not considered an even number, but the GMAT says it is even...so it must be so :lol:

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ZERO:
1. 0 is an integer.
2. 0 is an even integer. An even number is an integer that is "evenly divisible" by 2, i.e., divisible by 2 without a remainder and as zero is evenly divisible by 2 then it must be even.
3. 0 is neither positive nor negative integer (the only one of this kind).
4. 0 is divisible by EVERY integer except 0 itself.

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