Can someone please check this one, this is a word problem, not a greater than or less question.
How much greater than -10.4 is -6.52?
-10.4 - -6.52 = -3.88 is this correct?
It's 3.88 greater.
Ms. Sue I am still getting -3.88. Are you subtracting?
The question is how much greater it is. A negative number doesn't answer this question.
Can you show me how, thanks.
To find out how much greater one number is than another, you subtract the smaller number from the larger one. In this case, you want to find out how much greater -6.52 is than -10.4.
To solve this, you subtract -10.4 from -6.52:
-6.52 - (-10.4)
You can simplify this by changing the subtraction of a negative number to addition:
-6.52 + 10.4
When you add these numbers together, you get:
3.88
Therefore, -6.52 is 3.88 greater than -10.4, not -3.88.