Question

Jose collects baseball cards. Over the last year, the change in the value of his favorite card is $-7. Which best describes the meaning of interger?

Answer 1

Answer with explanation:

• An integer is a whole number that can be positive, negative, or zero. For example ...-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3....
• Here, positive value indicates gain or above something where as negative value indicates loss or below something.

If the change in the value of his favorite card is $-7, that simply indicates that he is having a loss of $-7 that can be understand as the value of his this years card must be smaller than the last year card.

Hence, the best describes the meaning of integer:

"he is having a loss of $-7"