Question

Which is less -.72or -5/12

Answer 1

-.72 is less than -5/12 (-5/12 is -.42 which is closer to 0 so its a larger number)

Answer 2

-7.2 is less because -5/12 as a decimal is -0.42 and since they’re both negative numbers the larger the number the is the less value it has if that makes sense