Question

Is -1/4 =,<,>, than -1/2?

Answer 1

Does -1/4 lie to the left or the right of -1/2 on a number line?

Answer 2

to the right?

Answer 3

@Izzy18970 Yes.

Notice that the numbers on the line "flip" in relative size if you fold the number line onto itself at zero. So, if 1/2 > 1/4, then -1/4 > -1/2.

Given two numbers on the line, the larger one lies to the right of the other.