For this equation, all it is asking is to replace the unknown value with a number that completes the equation. However, the number must make the equation valid. Here is a few examples that could be a valid solution to this problem:
1. -55 + 7 < -9
(you don't need to solve this equation to tell that it's less than negative nine.)
2. 22 + (-98) + 7 < -9
(this is more complicated, but you can still tell that the sum is less than negative nine.)
So, basicly all that you have to do is replace the missing value with a number that gives the eqquation a sum less than negative nine. Hope this helped!!! :)
