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No, -42 is actually less than -24.

Here is the "pedestrian" way of solving that problem:


If the terms have the negative sign, then the least value is the one that has the greater magnitude than another. For instance, 42 has the greater magnitude than 24, but with the negative signs, -42 is less than -24.

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