Question

19. Which of the following statements about the number line is true?

Answer 1

Answer:

  A. Numbers get smaller as you move to the left on the number line.

Step-by-step explanation:

A number line is typically drawn so that smaller, more negative numbers are on the left, and larger, more positive numbers are on the right.

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  Numbers get smaller as you move to the left on the number line.

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Additional comment

Number lines can be drawn with any scale and range, depending on what they are intended to represent. For representation of small integers, it is not uncommon for a number line to range from -10 to +10. However, that is not the only possible range that might be used.

Any number line can be used to show number order (least to greatest ≡ left to right). A number line with a linear scale can also be used to show relative differences between numbers: a greater distance on the number line corresponds to a greater difference between numbers.