tracy and maria each choose a card from a deck of cards with positive and negative numbers. tracy picked negative 12 and maria picked negative 6. who picked the greater number
Absolute value, Tracy, otherwise Maria picked the higher value.
Which number is greater, and who picked it?
As PsyDAG pointed out, -6 is to the right of -12 on your number line.
tracy
To determine who picked the greater number between negative 12 and negative 6, you need to compare their values. In this case, the greater number is the one with the lesser absolute value (closer to zero).
Negative 6 is closer to zero than negative 12, so Maria picked the greater number.
If you want to compare the absolute values of two numbers, you can follow these steps:
1. Identify the absolute value of each number. The absolute value of a number is its distance from zero on the number line.
- The absolute value of -12 is 12.
- The absolute value of -6 is 6.
2. Compare their absolute values. The number with the lesser absolute value is the greater number in this case.
- Since 6 is smaller than 12, negative 6 is greater than negative 12.
Therefore, Maria picked the greater number by choosing negative 6.