Question 996984
Is {{{-4}}} greater than {{{-7}}}? Answer is {{{yes}}}. Recall that the numbers to the left of zero are negative, and we say that one number is greater than another if it is closer to {{{0}}}, 
in your case, {{{-4}}} is {{{4}}} units to the left from {{{0}}} and {{{-7}}} is {{{7}}} units to the left from {{{0}}} which is further

or if it has {{{smaller}}} absolute value
 {{{abs(-4)}}} is {{{4}}} and {{{abs(-7)}}} is {{{7}}}, => {{{abs(-4)<abs(-7)}}}

therefore, {{{-4 > -7}}}