A number line is used to represent numbers, with values increasing from left to right. The difference between any two consecutive numbers is 1. Negative numbers are represented on the left side of 0, with the same spacing as positive numbers to the right. Numbers to the left of 0 are called negative numbers and denoted with a negative sign (-), while numbers to the right are positive. Zero is neither positive nor negative. Positive, negative, and zero numbers together are called integers. Integers can be compared using inequality signs like > and <, and integers between two non-consecutive numbers can be identified on the number line.