Question

how to put the following in order from least to greatest -5, |-3|, -9, |2|, -1

Answer 1

well the absolute signs make the number positive so it would be -9, -5, -1, /2/ , /-3/

Answer 2

absolute values are always positive.
So the numbers we are left with are :
-5, 3, -9, 2, -1
negative numbers are different...the bigger the number, the smaller it is.
so in order from least to greatest :
-9,-5,-1, 2, 3