Question

What does negative 3 over 8 > −1 indicate about the positions of negative 3 over 8 and −1 on the number line?

Answer 1

Th inequality expression tells us that
`-(3)/(8)` is greater than
`-1` and hence will come after
`-1` in the number line from left.

Explanation:

Given inequality:

`-(3)/(8)>-1`

The above inequality expression tells us that
`-(3)/(8)` is greater than
`-1` and hence will come after
`-1` in the number line.

For a number line the number which comes first from left is less than the number which comes after it.

The number line for the inequality is shown below.

From the number line we can see that
`-1` comes first from left and after that comes
`-(3)/(8)`. This proves the inequality to be true.