Answer:
a. Which number is greater? 1/4 or 5/4 -3/4 or 5/8:
<u>answer</u><u>:</u><u> </u><u>5</u><u>/</u><u>4</u>
b. Which number is farther from 0? 1/4 or 5/4 -3/4 or 5/8:
<u>answer</u><u>:</u><u> </u><u>5</u><u>/</u><u>4</u>
c. Is the number that is farther from 0 always the greater number?:
<u>answer</u><u>:</u><u> </u><u>nah</u><u> </u><u>really</u><u>.</u>
A number can be further from zero but when it's a negative or positive. But negative value is less than zero.
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