E rua ngā pito o te pūhiko, ka kīia tētahi ko te pito tōraro (-), ko tētahi ko te pito tōrunga (+) (RP 2009:333). / There are two poles of a battery, one is called the negative pole (-) and the other is the positive pole (+).

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He iraoho kei te karihi o te ngota, he whana tōrunga tō ngā iraoho (RP 2009:455). / The nucleus of the atom contains protons which have a positive charge (RP 2009:455).

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Ko ngā tau tōrunga ngā tau runga ake i te kore. He tau tōrunga te +3, he tau tōrunga hoki te +3 ½ me te +3.25. Kāore i te rerekē te +3 me te 3. I ētahi wā e whakaaturia ana te tohu +, he wā anō kāore e whakaaturia (TRP 2010:286). / Positive numbers are the set of numbers above zero. The + sign is used to show a positive number, +3, +3 ½ and +3.25 are all positive numbers. There is no difference between the numbers depicted by +3 and 3. Sometimes the + sign is shown, other times it is not.(TRP 2010:286).

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He tōrunga te tītaha o tēnei kauwhata (tītaha tōrunga). Arā, ko te tihi kei te taha mauī o te kauwhata - he nui ake te toharite i te tau tānui (TRP 2010:296). / The skewing of this graph is positive (positively skewed). That is, the maximum is on the left hand side of the graph - the mean is greater than the mode.

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