Mary Jane Sterling - Algebra I All-in-One For Dummies

4 .The two negative numbers are the smallest, with the being farthest left and the smallest of the two. The number 4 is, of course, larger than 0.

5 .The only positive number is , so it is largest. The number is closest to 0, so it’s the largest of the negative numbers. The number is the farthest from 0, so it’s the smallest.

6 .The point of the inequality goes toward the smaller number.

7 .The point of the inequality goes toward the smaller number, the .

8 .The number is smaller than 11, so the point of the inequality points in that direction.

9 .The point of the inequality always goes toward the smaller of the two numbers.

10 .The number is equal to itself, so the “greater than” part is just the other choice.

11 −2.The following number line shows that the number –2 is to the right of –8. The number –8 is farther from 0, so it is the smaller of the two numbers.

12 –1.The number –1 is to the right of –13. The number –13 is farther from 0.

13 –0.003.The following number line shows that the number –0.003 is to the right of –0.03, which means –0.003 is bigger than –0.03. You can also rewrite –0.03 as –0.030 for easier comparison.

14 .The number , and is to the left of on the following number line. So is larger than .

15 3! and . .

16 Neither. and . They are equal.

17 5! and . Thus .

18 . and . Thus .

19 +1.The number 4 has the greater absolute value, so the answer is positive.

20 –6. The number –11 has the greater absolute value, so the answer is negative.

21 –23.Both of the numbers have negative signs; when the signs are the same, find the sum of their absolute values.

22 14.Number 47 has the greater absolute value.

23 0.

24 –20.