Question

In a range of the following numbers, which would you take as the smallest number. 2, 6, -1, 14, -5, 18, 3

Answer 1

-5 would be the smallest

Answer 2

Why 5?

Answer 3

-5

Answer 4

Well place the numbers in a number line mentally. What do you see? Even though we may think that -1 could've been it, in negative integers, the bigger number (on the positive scale) is really the smallest on the negative scale.

Answer 5

Ok. I thought is was -1. Thank u

Answer 6

No problem