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Question 854517
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In terms of negative numbers which is considered the "smallest integer", one closer to "zero" or one further away from "zero"?
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When a number is negative, it is considered smaller when it is further away from zero.
For example, -3 is smaller than -1, because -3 is farther from 0 than -1.
