Question

If you plot the point -8.85 on a number line, would you place it to the left or the right of 8.8 explain

Answer 1

Left


because -8.85<8.8, small numbers goes to the left while larger ones go to the right

Answer 2

The left because, 8.8 is a positive number and all positives are on the right of 0 and all negative numbers are on the left of the 0.