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A student is struggling with comparing negative numbers. Explain in two different ways using words and/or diagrams why −8 < −5. Your explanations can include real-life scenarios, but is not required

Sagot :

Answer:yes -8<-5

Step-by-step explanation:

suppose we draw a line no.

-9,-8,-7,-6,-5,-4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

 if we go left side to 0 then we find the negative no.  and right of 0 we find positive no.

so we can conclude that -8 is less than -5

 -8<-5