Question

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?

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

sandy is winning

Answer 3

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!