Negatives are always smaller then positives because negatives are less then 0. So, yes, -1/3 is less then 1/5
Let x be the price of a cupcake.
There are 24 cupcakes so it will be 24x.
Solution:
24x+16=52
24x=52-16
24x=36
Divide both sides by 24
X=1.5.
The price of each cupcake is 1.5$

Subtract 2 from both sides.
Your equation will be: 4x+3=x
Subtract 4x from both sides.
Yoir equation will be: 3= -3x
Divide by -3x on both sides.
Your final answer: x=-1
Rational Number are set of numbers that can be written as a/b where a and b are integers, but b is not equal to 0; an integer or a fraction; for example: 6 can be expressed as 6/1 and 0.5 can be expressed as 1/2.