Question

A football team tries to move the ball forward as many yards as possible on each play, but sometimes they end up behind where they started. The distances, in yards, that a team moves on its first five plays are 2, 21, 4, 3, and 25. A positive number indicates moving the ball forward, and a negative number indicates moving the ball backward?

Answer 1

Required Question:

Which number in the list is the greatest?

Answer:

25 yards

Explanation:

Given

`Distance:2\ 21\ 4\ 3\ 25`

Required

The greatest distance moved

To do this, we make comparison between the 5 distances given and select the greatest.

By comparison:

`25 > 2`

`25 > 21`

`25 > 4`

`25 > 3`

Hence, the greatest distance is 25 yards