If you're starting in the negatives, yes. Example:
-10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
^Whatever negative number you start with, you have to end with positively^
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If, by greater, you mean which is farther away from zero on the "number line" then the answer is neither! they are equally distant from zero. The "absolute value" of a number is the distance from zero on the number line. -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 That's what the number line middle looks like for whole numbers. -firstmate-
The position of any number in a number line is determined by its distance from the zero.
zero. since it is infinity the number line restarts into the negatives and goes on to zero
The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero on a number line.
-11 is 11 units away from zero on a number line.