PROPERTIES OF

ZERO
Overview: What Is Zero?
The number zero has a number of
unique properties in mathematics. It is
the center of the number line, a
placeholder in place value, and the
additive identity in algebra.
 PROPERTIES NEGATION
ADDITION PROPERTY ZERO AS
OF ZERO DENOMINATOR
MULTIPLICATION ANY NUMBER TO THE
PROPERTY OF ZERO POWER OF 0 IS
EQUAL TO 1.
ZERO AS NUMERATOR
0 IS NEITHER
0 IS NEITHER PRIME POSITIVE NOR
NOR COMPOSITE. NEGATIVE.
ADDITIVE INVERSE
PROPERTY
ADDITION PROPERTY
OF ZERO
MULTIPLICATION
PROPERTY OF ZERO
ZERO AS NUMERATOR
ZERO AS
DENOMINATOR
ANY NUMBER TO THE
POWER OF 0 IS
EQUAL TO 1.
0 IS NEITHER PRIME
NOR COMPOSITE.
0 IS NEITHER
POSITIVE NOR
NEGATIVE.
ADDITIVE INVERSE
PROPERTY
 ACTIVITY 7
I. Is x ^ y > 0 provided that:
1. y = 2
2. x is an integer

(A) Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked
(B) Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked
(C) Both statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question asked; but NEITHER
statement ALONE is sufficient
(D) EACH statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question asked
(E) Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient to answer the question asked, and additional
data specific to the problem are needed

Explain your answer.