As Bismarck is COLDER that Chicago (-10º) it means that the temperature in Bismarck is less than -10º
From the given temperatures those that are less than -10º are:
-12ºF
-22ºF
-15ºF
-11ºF
In a number line if you put -10 and then the temperature above, those temperatures are on the left of -10 (are less than -10)