Which number is greater?

Question

1.) |-8| or -8

2.) -800 or 200

3.) -4/5 or - 1/2

4.) -1.75 or -1.25

5.) -|-8| or 0

Answer 1

1.) |-8| because when you take the absolute value of anything it makes it positive and 8 > -8.

2.) 200 because positive numbers are always greater than a negative number.

3.) -1/2 because on a number line -1/2 is closer to the positive side of than -4/5.

4.) -1.25 because on a number line -1.25 is closer to the positive side of than -1.75.

5.) 0 because when you take a negative of an absolute value it becomes negative so -|-8| actually equals -8 which is less than 0 .