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Since the number -3.9 is further from zero, it must be smaller, therefore:
All negative numbers appear on the number line to the left of the number 0.
The negative sign changes everything! means you're 3.9 units below zero on the number line, making it smaller than 0.
Think of the symbol as a hungry mouth that always wants to eat the bigger number! Since 0 > -3.9, the mouth opens toward 0.
The negative number closer to zero is always larger. For example: because -1 is closer to 0 than -5.
Absolutely! Draw a number line with 0 in the middle. Numbers to the right are always greater than numbers to the left. Since 0 is right of -3.9, we know 0 > -3.9.
> means "greater than" and < means "less than". Remember: the wide part of the symbol always faces the larger number!
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