Question

Me.Bergman is having an end of the year trivia contest. Each correct answer is worth 100 points, and each incorrect answer is worth -50 points. At the end of the contest Mr.Bergman is surprised by the final scores.

Teams!
Blue:-50 points Orange:-250 points Purple:-200 points
The blue team says they won because they have the highest score. The orange team says that 250 is greater than 50 so they win. Please answer and explain using negative and positive numbers.

Answer 1

The blue team won. Even though -250 is more than -50 they blue team only lost their points once while the orange team lost theirs 5 times