Please, i need help.

How much greater than -11.6 is -5.43

you want the absolute value of the difference between the two numbers, that is ...

|-11.6 - (-5.43)|
=| -6.17 |
= 6.17

to understand, place -11.6 and -5.43 on a number line.
How far is the distance between you two markings ?

Hi Rainy, I don't have to do a number, it was just a word problem we had to just solve it. So can I use the same equations you gave?

Just so that I understand, the answer should be a positive 6.17 and not negative 6.17 correct.

Sure, I can help you with that!

To find out how much greater -5.43 is than -11.6, you need to subtract the two values. The formula you can use is:

Greater Value - Smaller Value = Difference

In this case, the greater value is -5.43 and the smaller value is -11.6. So you can calculate it as:

-5.43 - (-11.6)

To subtract a negative number, you can change it to addition:

-5.43 + 11.6

Now you can perform the addition:

-5.43 + 11.6 = 6.17

Therefore, -5.43 is 6.17 greater than -11.6.