Question

Us mathematical symbols to write an inequality that compares -2 and -9

Answer 1

-2 > -9

or

-9 < -2

Explanation:

Answer 2

-2 > -9

Explanation:

Inequalities represent values by comparing their size to other numbers.

Negative Numbers

While positive 9 might be larger than positive 2, remember that negative numbers work in the opposite way. -9 is more negative than -2, thus it is smaller. Another way to think about it is that -9 is further below 0 than -2.

Inequality Symbols

There are 2 main inequality symbol < (less than) and > (greater than). The symbol opens to the side of the larger number. Because we know that -2 is greater than -9, we can make the inequality -2 > -9.