Why is 42678 greater than 42067?

Answer 1

The number line goes from negative to positive and is usually depicted from left to right. The further left of zero a number is, the more negative it is. The further right a number is of zero, the more positive it is. A number is "greater" than another number if it lies further to the right on the number line. So 3 is greater than 1, which is greater than -7.

42.067 is a decimal between 42 and 43 on the number line. 42678 is more than a thousand times larger than it. We say 42678 is GREATER than 42.067, and 42.067 is LESS THAN 42678. :)

Answer 2

If you began counting by one from 1 to 42678, you would reach 42067 first.

Since 42678 is larger than 42067, you can also say that 42678 is greater than 42067.