Take an easier number. Suppose you owe your mother = 10 dollars and your father 15. Which one is the bigger debt? Isn't it your father.? So how do you represent the two debts.
Father = - 15
Mother = - 10
Which number is bigger? - 10. Remember the question is bigger. You would rather own just 10 dollars.
So which number is "larger"?
Isn't it -4488. If it was money and you owed it, would it be the debt you would rather have than -4820
