Question

What does negative 3 over 5 > −2 indicate about the position of negative 3 over 5 and −2 on the number line?
negative 3 over 5 is located on the right of −2
negative 3 over 5 is located on the left of −2
negative 3 over 5 is located on the right of 0 and −2 is located on the left of 0
negative 3 over 5 is located on the left of 0 and −2 is located on the right of 0

Answer 1

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Answer 2

@zepdrix @teagirl7630 @xVenturientalex

Answer 3

@carolinar7

Answer 4

do you know what a number line is ?

Answer 5

Yeah

Answer 6

I have an answer i just wanted someone to check my work i choose the second one

Answer 7

a simple line would go
1 2 3 4
where we start with small numbers and the numbers to the right are bigger

Answer 8

I assume you know 2 is bigger than 1, right ?

Answer 9

Ok now you are just being a jerk

Answer 10

the short way to say 2 is bigger than 1 is write
2 > 1
notice the "big" side of > is next to the bigger number
we can also write
1 < 2
which says 1 is smaller than 2
the "big" side of < is still next to the 2

Answer 11

*Blocked

Answer 12

next, notice which side 2 is compared to 1
1 2 3

2 is on the right side of 1
and
2 > 1

Answer 13

compare that to your problem
\[ - \frac{3}{5} > -2 \]

which of the numbers -3/5 and -2 is bigger ?