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Check the number line picture provided! The closer a number is to the right the bigger it is! -12 would be alllll the way to the left making it super small, while -2 would sit in the middle! Think about it, if you owed me $12 you would be more in debt than if you owed me $2, therefore if you only owed me $2 you'd have more money than someone who owed me $12.
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