In football, negative numbers represent yards lost on a play, and positive numbers represent yards gained on a play. Which shows the plays in order from greatest number of yards gained to the least number of yards gained?

Question

Play | Yards
1 | -5
2 | 12 1/2
3 | -8 1/2
4 | - 8.25

a. 1,2,3,4
b. 2,1,3,4
c. 2,1,4,3
d. 2,3,4,1

Answer 1

Uhm?

Answer 2

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Answer 3

well, geez, did you think of plotting the numbers on the number line? Consider the increasing numbers
-10, -6.3, -5 1/2, 0, 3, 4/1, 4 3/4, ...
Big negative numbers are less than small negative numbers, and ALL negatives are less than any positives.