Question

Atics 7

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-10-9-8-7-6-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1
Use the horizontal number line shown to answer the
question.
Which statements are true? Check all that apply.
0-9 <-7
-6=6
O-1-3
0<-3

Answer 1

The true statements from the options given are ;

• -9 < -7
• -1 > -3

On a number line , The value, 0 sits at the center or middle. Values to left of 0 are negative and decreases as we move further to the left.

From the number line ,

• -9 < -7 as -9 lies to the left OP-
• -1 > -3 as -3 lies to the left of -1 on the number line.

Hence, the true statements are,

• -9 = -7
• -1 > -3