Is -43 greater than -37

Answer 1

Always the smaller of the two negative numbers is greater. So here -37>-43

If one number is positive and the other negative the positive number is always greater irrespective of its value. for e.g between 1 and -54

1>-54

Remember the number line. The numbers to the left is always smaller to the numbers on the right.

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...-55 -50 -45 -40 -35 -30 -25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25...

Value increases from left to right

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so -55<-30<0<15<100 etc...