Question

Camilla thinks that -5 is less than -7 because 5 is smaller than 7.explain why Camilla is correct

Answer 1

Think of a vertical number line. The positive values count down as we move down this number line. The negative numbers count up, so to speak, as we move down the number line. So we have -1, -2, -3, ... as we move down. This indicates that -5 is not smaller than -7.

Diagram is below.