Rule for comparing integers by Sean Fahey

Anonymous

2018-08-14 03:06:36 UTC

Anonymous

2018-08-14 03:06:36 UTC

My rule for comparing integers is that the farther left you the smaller the integer because it's farther away from zero. For example, if you want to compare -8 and -7, you look at which one is farther left and the one that's farther left is smaller.

Anonymous

2018-08-14 03:06:36 UTC

To compare the rule you should follow is which number is closer to the positives that number is greater than because it is closer to numbers above zero. Example: -7 <-4

Anonymous

2018-08-14 03:06:36 UTC

The larger number would be farther from zero than the smaller number. An example would be -6 and -2, if you looked on a number line you would see it's farther from zero. -6 < -2

Unanimous

2018-08-14 03:06:36 UTC

Start at zero, and compare how far apart they are.

Anonymous

woodsmalll — 2018-08-14 03:06:36 UTC

You would think -5 is greater than -3 because +5 is greater than +3. that's we've learned since we were babies, but because negatives are less than zero than you know that -7 is is farther away from zero going farther behind zero.
example: -5 is below sea level, +2 is above sea level

Anonymous

2018-08-14 03:06:36 UTC

The smaller number (example: -3) is greater then the larger number( example: -9) because the larger number(-9) is farther away from the zero on the number line and the smaller number(-3) is closer to the zero so it is greater.

Anonymous

2018-08-14 03:06:36 UTC

When you compare two negative numbers it is pretty much the same as non negative numbers just inverted for instance -5 < -4 because the farther right you go on the number line the greater the number

Anonymous

2018-08-14 03:06:36 UTC

The rule is, that the number that has a closer absoulute value to 0 is greatest. Only for negatives!

to compare negative numbers you have to see what the smallest number is because that is how you can tell when its the biggest because it is closer to the zero

2018-08-14 03:06:36 UTC

Anonymous

2018-08-14 03:06:36 UTC

My rule for integers is when comparing smaller numbers to look at the bigger one first so you can see which one is closer to the zero

Anonymous :)

2018-08-14 03:06:36 UTC

The number that has a greater value after the negative sign is always greater than the other number. Examples -8 -2 the -2 is greater.

Anonymous

2018-08-14 03:06:36 UTC

The farther left you go on the number line the bigger the number but, it has a smaller value. For example, [-7 < -3].

Anonymous

2018-08-14 03:06:36 UTC

It's completely the opposite of positive its negative the further left the bigger it gets.

Anonymous

2018-08-14 03:06:36 UTC

The larger the number (example: -7) the smaller the amount. The smaller the number (example: -2) the larger the amount. So an example is -7 < -2.

Anonymous

2018-08-14 03:06:36 UTC

the farther you go to the left in a number line, the numbers get bigger but their values are smaller

Anonymous :) :0

2018-08-14 03:06:36 UTC

The bigger the number, the smaller the value is. Example. (-50) The smaller the number, the larger the value is. Example. (-1)

Anonymous person

2018-08-14 03:06:36 UTC

Larger numbers(-6) are less than the smaller numbers(-3).

Anonymous

2018-08-14 03:06:36 UTC

When comparing 2 negative integers one rule is the farther right the negative number is on the number line it has more value than the ones that are on the far left.

Anonyous

2018-08-14 03:06:37 UTC

Anonymous?:/?????

2018-08-14 03:06:37 UTC

look how far from zero it is. If it is further to the left than the other one, it is smaller. Vise-versa