Five people are playing a game where the scores can be positive or negative. The winner is the person with the lowest score. These are the current scores: Mandy 0, Mark 5, Ted -2, Sandy -10, Otis 8. Who is winning?

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anonymous · Answer

Sandy is winning.  The "higher" the negative number the lower it is in value.

anonymous · Answer

sandy is winning

anonymous · Answer

Sandy is winning: maybe a rough number line will help!
-10  -9  -8   -7  -6   -5  -4   -3  -2   -1   0    1    2    3     4    5    6    7     8    9  10 
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The further left the number, the less the number is worth!