Write the following statement as an inequality

Question

-6 is greater than or equal to -22

Answer 1

Another way to think about it that I taught was the use of the NUMBER LINE.

.........-5.___-4___-3___-2___-1___0___1___2___3___4 ___5......

Numbers to the right are larger than numbers to the left. For example -1 > -5 because -1 is to the right of -5.

Answer 2

-6 is greater than or equal to -22

-6 ≥ -22

Answer 3

If you're struggling with this concept, the way I was taught was to imagine a lion. The lion always wants to eat the most food so we pretend that the < is the lions mouth. 6 gazelle is less than 3 gazelle so the lion wants to eat the 6. 6 gazelle > 3 gazelle.

When you have negative numbers, you can think of money. If you have -5 dollars, you owe five dollars. If you owe 20 dollars, you have -20 dollars so you have less money.

-20<-5