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Explain your reasoning for why -3/4 is less than 5/8

User Metal Wing
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Answer:

Explanation:

-3/4 and 5/8

bc it's a negative number and not a positive number. When numbers are negative, the number keeps getting smaller and smaller. And when you add a positive number to a negative number, then the number will start increasing it's value.

Hope it helped a little

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