"<" means "farther to the left on the number line " and ">" means "farther to the right on the number line". Multiplying by a negative number switches the sign, which is a reflection that turns left into right. Double switch example: 1<2 multiply this by (-2): -2>-4 multiply this by (-1): 2<4
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-
2. 1. it comes 2 in the number line
Here is the number line . ....-2, -7/4. -3/2 , -5/4, -1 , -3/4 , -1/2, -1/4, 0, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 1 , 5/4 , 3/2, 7/4, 2 ....
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"<" means "farther to the left on the number line " and ">" means "farther to the right on the number line". Multiplying by a negative number switches the sign, which is a reflection that turns left into right. Double switch example: 1<2 multiply this by (-2): -2>-4 multiply this by (-1): 2<4
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-
Visualize a number line. -6 is four to the left of -2. 6 is eight to the right.
2. 1. it comes 2 in the number line
Negative 1/2 is bigger than negative 1. If you look at the number line the farther right you go the bigger the numbers get. example: 1,2,3,4.. so it is the same for negative numbers example: -4,-3,-2,-1,-1/2
Between 1 and 2, a quarter of the way along from 1.
On the number line it is 3/1
1.3 in a number line is between 1 and 2 .
1/4
Here is the number line . ....-2, -7/4. -3/2 , -5/4, -1 , -3/4 , -1/2, -1/4, 0, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 1 , 5/4 , 3/2, 7/4, 2 ....
-2
0 1 2