Question

-7 compared to -10 which
one is greater

Answer 1

-7 > -10

-10 < -7

Explanation:

-10 is to the left of -7 on the numberline. Numbers to the right are bigger; numbers to the left are smaller.

You can think of negative numbers like money owed or floors of a building but below ground.

Someone who owes $10 is in worse shape than someone who owes $7. Or if I'm on the -10 floor, I'm lower-- 3 floors down from my buddy who's on the -7th floor.

Answer 2

-7

Explanation:

Think of a number line. If I am 0 and I go left I will come to -1 then -2 then -3 and so on. The farther I go away from zero on the left of the number line, the smaller the value is. -10 would be to the left of -7 on the number line so -10 has a smaller value than -7