alleryStart learning →Inequality symbols are used with negative numbers in order to show their:
AOrdering
BOrigins
COutlines
DOfferings
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Ordering
1. Positive numbers can be compared with inequality symbols already.
2. Negative numbers need the same treatment.
3. Inequality symbols show the ordering of positive and negative numbers.
4. So the answer is the ordering.
_Source: OpenStax Prealgebra 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 3 'Integers', sections 3.1-3.5_
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