Megan has two boxes with the dimensions shown. She wants to use the box with the greater volume to ship a gift to her friend. Wh
ich box should Megan use? Explain.
1 answer:
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Answer:
1) View image attached
2) -3, -2.5, -1, 2, 5
3) -2.5
Step-by-step explanation:
1) Draw a number line, an image is shown below with the number line. You then put "points" on the values that you are plotting. This is also shown in the image attached.
2) The ones with the "-" are negative, meaning that they are below 0. These will always be smaller than those without a "-" sign. In addition to this, the way negative numbers work in terms of least to greatest is completely flipped. For example, -5 is greater than -10, and -10 is less than -5. If the numbers were positive, 5 would be less than 10 and 10 would be greater than 5.
3) The value that isn't an integer is the one that isn't a whole number. In those answer choices you gave, the only one with a decimal is -2.5 (as indicated by the ".5"
