tau tōrunga
1. (noun) positive number.
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).