Question

Choose the true statement. -8 < 8 -8 > 8 -8 = 8

Answer 1

The correct answer is -8 < 8 because -8 is a value of 8 below 0 while positive 8 is a value of 8 above 0. An easy way to remember the signs is that the arrow points to the smaller number.

Answer 2

So the choices are
-8 < 8, -8 > 8, and -8 = 8
We can obviously rule out -8 = 8
The first choice is -8 is less than 8, which is true, so that is the correct answer.
The second choice is -8 is more than 8, which is obviously not true.
So the correct answer is -8 < 8