SOLUTION: which is bigger -19 or 6

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Question 1156378: which is bigger -19 or 6
Found 3 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39625) About Me  (Show Source):
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What is exactly meant as "bigger"?
Greater or lesser?
-19%3C6, negative nineteen is less than six.

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because nineteen is a larger distance from zero than is six.

Answer by ikleyn(52851) About Me  (Show Source):
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Any negative number is LESS than any positive number.

Any positive number is GREATER than any negative number.



Answer by MathTherapy(10555) About Me  (Show Source):
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which is bigger -19 or 6
Is that so, JOSGARITHMETIC? 

So, what about - 19 and 19, or - 6 and 6? Aren't they the same distance from 0?

You need to ADJUST your thinking or research this simple idea when comparing numbers on the number line, or numbers in GENERAL!