Question

Mark’s favorite football team lost yards on two back-to-back plays. They lost 3 yards on the first play. They lost 1 yard on the second play. Write an inequality statement using integers to compare the forward progress made on each play.

Answer 1

-1 > -3

Explanation:

In the first play, Mark's favorite team lost 3 yards. This mean a negative representation as is a lost: -3.

In the second play, Mark's favorite team lost 1 yards. This mean a negative representation as is a lost: -1.

When locating -3 and -1 in the number line, all the numbers to the right of the number -3 are greater than this number.

From this we can say that the inequality statement is: -1 > -3.

This means that -1 is greater than -3.